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- Researchers from the Mayo Clinic confirm my concept of the Midline Congestion Syndrome
- Musculoskeletal pecularities of female puberty
- Lordosis /Swayback- Origin of many abdominal compression syndromes
- Nutcracker-Syndrome is a misnomer! Lordogenetic left renal vein compression is a more appropriate name!
- May-Thurner-constellation (May-Thurner-syndrome, Cockett’s syndrome)
- Midline (congestion) syndrome
- Pelvic congestion syndrome
- Celiac Trunk Compression / Dunbar syndrome / MALS / Arcuate ligament syndrome
- Wilkie-Syndrome / Superior-mesenteric-artery-syndrome
- Evlauation of vascular compressions with the PixelFlux-method
- Connective tissue disorders predispose to multiple compressions
- Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) – the hemodynamic consequence of vascular compression syndromes and loose connective tissue
- Restless legs-a little known symptom of abdominal vascular compression syndromes
- Pudendal neuralgia in vascular compression syndromes
- Migraine and Multiple Sclerosis
- Treatment of vascular compression syndromes
- Fatal errors in the treatment of vascular compression syndromes
- Risks of stents in venous compression syndromes
- Surgical treatment of abdominal compression syndromes: The significance of hypermobility‐related disorders
- Nutcracker and May-Thurner syndrome: Decompression by extra venous tube grafting and significance of hypermobility related disorders
- Our surgical treatment of vascular compressions
- Vascular compression syndromes I recently detected
- Detection of a new compression syndrome : Bilateral compression of the internal iliac vein between the psoas muscle and the internal iliac artery in a patient with chronic penile pain
- Diaphragmatic compression of the hepatic veins – a novel compression syndrome
- Post-prandial pain in the right upper abdomen due to a newly detected compression syndrome of the right renal vein
- A new sonographic sign of severe orthostatic venous pooling
- Gradually increasing, unbearable pain in the left flank only when standing or sitting – first description of a new compression syndrome
- A rare variant of Wilkie syndrome
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- POTS – different from what you might think: an example
- Severe ataxia in a young woman with severe spinal congestion – complete resolution after decompression of the left renal vein
- Enigma resolved: vomiting during hip stretching
- Swollen bluish feet nausea unbearable epigastric and breast pain plus breathlessness
- Muscle cramps caused by a posture dependent pubic compression of the femoral artery
- Unbearable orthostatic pain in the autotransplanted left kidney
- Unbearable abdominal pain only while standing – easily diagnosed with PixelFlux
- Gradually increasing, unbearable pain in the left flank only when standing or sitting – first description of a new compression syndrome
- Abdominal pain due to liver compression in slipping rib syndrome in an EDS patient
- Genital and sexual symptoms of vascular compression syndromes – patient with ulcer of labia minora
- Posture dependent left flank / thoracic / lumbar pain – a new compression syndrome I recently detected
- Posture dependent unbearable breathlessness and fullness in the right upper abdomen due to a variable diaphragmatic compression of the hepatic veins and the vena cava inferior
- Migraines may develop in the wake of vascular compression syndromes
- Diaphragmatic compression of the liver veins with hepatic and intestinalis congestion
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Migraine and Multiple Sclerosis
The causes of both migraine and multiple sclerosis are diverse and largely unknown.
Already in 2007, I inaugurated the concept of a connection of the midline congestion and migraine (Scholbach T. From the nutcracker-phenomenon of the left renal vein to the midline congestion syndrome as a cause of migraine, headache, back and abdominal pain and functional disorders of pelvic organs. Med Hypotheses. 2007; 68(6):1318-27).
Scholbach From nutcracker phenomenon to midline congestion syndrome and treatment with aspirinThe rationale for this concept is the increased intraspinal pressure in left sided venous congestion. In venous compression syndromes of the abdomen the lordosis prevents a normal passage of blood across the midline in large veins, which have to cross the midline from left to right.
Within the abdominal cavity these are 3 large veins:
- the left renal vein
- the left common iliac vein
- the splenic vein
If the blood cannot pass through these veins, a pressure builds up in those part of the veins which are left to the spine. These parts dilate and may transform into varicose veins. Smaller veins which transport blood from other organs towards these large veins consequently become pressurized to the same extent as the larger congested veins.
Since the blood flow always follows a route from high pressure to low pressure regions, the blood flow within such tributaries may change its direction. So called collateral pathways develop. These collateral pathways try to transport the blood back to the heart across organs which usually pour their blood into the above-mentioned veins (left renal, left common iliac, splenic).
One possible collateral route is through the spinal canal.
The influx of additional blood volume into the spinal canal produces a variety of symptoms. Among these are back ache, sciatica, lumbar pain, neck pain, tingling and numbness of the fingers and toes, a weakness of the arms and the legs (which may even progress to full paralysis and wheelchair-dependency) and predominantly headaches and migraine.
Only recently a scientific study of pelvic congestion syndrome, which is a consequence of the outflow obstruction of the left common iliac vein and the left renal vein, revealed the exceptionally high prevalence of migraine in patients with pelvic congestion. As a prove of the causal relationship of venous congestion and migraine the migraine disappeared after successful treatment of the pelvic congestion:
Migraine: A Common and Unknown Symptom of Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
Rodolfo Rosenberg and Manuel Menes /Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders; Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2020, Page 317
Migraine A Common and Unknown Symptom of Pelvic Congestion SyndromeSo, if you are suffering from severe migraine, you may benefit from a thorough diagnostics of vascular compression syndromes. The diagnosis of such a compression syndrome may open the way for a causal treatment of your migraine and tension headaches.
If you want to discuss your findings, email me.
The concept of Multiple Sclerosis caused by CCSVI
According to the concept of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), the venous congestion of the brain and the spinal cord may contribute to or even cause the development of inflammatory foci of the multiple sclerosis. Up to now, only constrictions (stenoses or obliterations) and refluxes of the blood flow in the veins of the neck have been regarded as triggers. Investigations of different centers often could not confirm the diagnostic criteria of CCSVI!
However, the venous pressure in the brain and spinal canal can be significantly increased by the inflow of blood from the pelvic veins and the left renal vein.
From my own experience with patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) I know that this mechanism can be detected in these patients by color Doppler sonography and the PixelFlux technique. It is therefore reasonable to extend the concept of CCSVI to include the examination of the veins of the abdominal cavity and the pelvis.
So if you suffer from multiple sclerosis and symptoms of venous congestion in the abdomen or pelvis, I recommend a colour duplex sonographic examination of all abdominal compression syndromes with the PixelFlux technique.
