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Professor Mark Whiteley
Mark Whiteley
What is the difference between Pelvic Congestion Syndrome and pelvic vein reflux?
Professor Mark Whiteley explains that the difference between Pelvic Congestion Syndrome and pelvic vein reflux is that the word syndrome is a collection of signs and symptoms, while the cause is usually pelvic vein reflux.
Transcript
So pelvic congestion syndrome, the word syndrome is a collection of signs and symptoms. So that's what the patient complains of either vulva varicose veins, leg varicose veins, pains in the abdomen, irritable bowel, pain with sexual intercourse, hip pain, back pain, all of those sorts of things. That's the pelvic congestion syndrome. When we investigate it, we have to find out why the patients have those signs and symptoms, and it's usually from pelvic vein reflux, the valves not working. So that means that when we know how to treat it.