Endovascular Treatment of an Inferior Vena Cava Stenosis Caused by Retroperitoneal Fibrosis with the Use of a Self-expandable Nitinol Stent

摘要

Self-expandable nitinol stents are designed to provide optimal vessel patency in cases of stenosis or occlusion in peripheral arteries and veins. There are few numbered reported cases of the use of nitinol stents in inferior vena cava (IVC) stenoses. We report the successful placement of a nitinol stent within the IVC in a patient with a benign stenosis that developed due to retroperitoneal fibrosis (RF).