The Ligation or Excision of the Ovarian or Deep Pelvic Veins in the Treatment of Puerperal Thrombophlebitis

Abstract

Whether the thrombosed vein is to be simply ligated or ligated and excised depends on circumstances.In pure septic thrombophlebitis ligation is now considered sufficient.

Ovarian Vein Thrombosis as an Uncommon Cause of Postpartum Fever: A Case Report

“…Historically, in 1912, Huggins wrote an article recognizing that Sippel proposed resection of the ovarian vein and uterus in 1894 [11]. Then, Freund was the first to resect the ovarian vein in patients with POVT in 1898, and Trendelenburg performed the first successful resection of the ovarian vein in 1902 [11].…”

“…Historically, in 1912, Huggins wrote an article recognizing that Sippel proposed resection of the ovarian vein and uterus in 1894 [11]. Then, Freund was the first to resect the ovarian vein in patients with POVT in 1898, and Trendelenburg performed the first successful resection of the ovarian vein in 1902 [11]. However, since the advent of antibiotics and anticoagulants in the 1940s, POVT treatment has gradually shifted from surgical intervention to medical therapy.…”