Jailing of the contralateral iliac vein may occur as a result of the iliac vein stent protruding into the IVC. The advent of new, dedicated venous stents with more accurate deployment at the confluence is likely to reduce such a complication.
Two-year findings from the VIRTUS trial of the VICI venous stent (Boston Scientific) showed a primary patency rate of 79.4%. As has been seen in other trials, primary patency was higher in non-…