Methods Of Treating May-Thurner Syndrome

Right Iliac Artery Repositioning

Some doctors recommend May-Thurner syndrome be treated aggressively to remove the risk of blood clots. One way to do this is through right iliac artery repositioning, a surgery in which the doctor creates a sling made out of tissue to raise the right iliac artery, and put some space between it and the artery compressing it. Surgeons can also move the right iliac artery to just behind the left iliac vein to take the pressure off of it the way a tissue sling does. Some surgeons perform what is called a Palma crossover. This is a type of bypass surgery where a part of the patient’s saphenous vein is used to reroute the blood from around the affected part of the left iliac vein. The saphenous vein is a large vein found in the leg.

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