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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0003-3170</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Angiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Angiología]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0003-3170</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Arán Ediciones S.L.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0003-31702022000400001</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.20960/angiologia.00333</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Resultados obtenidos en el tratamiento de embolización endovascular de varices pélvicas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Treatment outcomes of pelvic varicose veins endovascular embolization]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mondragón-Zamora]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moñux-Ducajú]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guillermo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Cabrero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Teresa]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Marín-Manzano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elena]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zafra-Angulo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan David]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Turégano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Beatriz]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernández-Heredero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Álvaro]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario La Paz Servicio de Angiología, Cirugía Vascular y Endovascular ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Madrid ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>74</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>143</fpage>
<lpage>149</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0003-31702022000400001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0003-31702022000400001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0003-31702022000400001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: el síndrome de congestión pélvica se presenta con un dolor de más de 6 meses de evolución, varices pélvicas e insuficiencia venosa pélvica. El diagnóstico diferencial incluye distintas patologías. Existen diferentes opciones terapéuticas, de las que la terapia endovascular con embolización es la más utilizada, la misma que ha sido significativamente más eficaz que la terapia quirúrgica.  Objetivo: analizar la efectividad de la embolización endovascular de varices pélvicas.  Materiales y métodos: estudio unicéntrico, observacional descriptivo y ambispectivo. Se han seguidi las recomendaciones STROBE para su redacción. Se incluyeron todos los pacientes a los que se les realizó una embolización de varices pélvicas que cumplían los criterios de inclusión. Se realizó un análisis de las variables cualitativas en forma de frecuencias absolutas y porcentajes y los datos cuantitativos mediante la media. Se describió el éxito terapéutico percibido por las pacientes, las complicaciones, la necesidad de reintervención y la supervivencia libre de reintervenciones.  Resultados: se incluyeron 46 pacientes con una edad media de 32,54 años. 22 casos (47,82 %) tenían un peso adecuado, 29 (63,04 %) refirieron una clara mejoría sintomática después del procedimiento de embolización y en ninguno se presentaron complicaciones asociadas al procedimiento. Sin embargo, de este grupo de pacientes 11 tuvieron una intervención subsecuente asociada a las varices de miembros inferiores. El tiempo de supervivencia libre de nuevas embolizaciones fue de 54,37 meses, con un ES de 2,64 meses.  Conclusiones: la embolización endovascular de varices pélvicas es una técnica efectiva y segura.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: pelvic congestion syndrome presents pain that lasts at least 6 months, pelvic varices and pelvic venous insufficiency. The differential diagnosis includes different pathologies. There are different therapeutic options, being endovascular therapy with embolization the most used, the same one that has been significantly more effective than surgical therapy.  Objective: to analyze the effectiveness of endovascular embolization of pelvic varices.  Materials and methods: single-center, descriptive and ambispective observational study. Following the STROBE recommendations for writing it. All patients who underwent embolization of pelvic varices who met the inclusion criteria were included. An analysis of the qualitative variables was showed like absolute frequencies and percentages; and quantitative data using the mean. The therapeutic success perceived by the patients, the complications, the need for reoperation, and reoperation-free survival are described.  Results: 46 patients with a mean age of 32.54 years were included, 22 cases (47.82 %) who had an adequate weight. In 29 cases (63.04 %) reported a clear symptomatic improvement after the embolization procedure, they were not complications associated with the procedure. However, of this group of patients, 11 had a subsequent intervention associated with varicose veins of the lower limbs. The survival time free of new embolizations was 54.37 months with a SE of 2.64 months.  Conclusions: embolization is the most widely used treatment for pelvic varicose veins. In this review, symptomatic improvement was found in 63.04 % of the cases, being below the results reported in the bibliography where they report a therapeutic success of 75 % of the cases. Endovascular embolization of pelvic varices is an eective and safe technique for their treatment.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Varices pélvicas]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Dolor pélvico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pelvic varices]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Embolization]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pelvic pain]]></kwd>
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