Abstract
Ascending contrast venography often fails to show the proximal venous system when there is co-existing occlusion of femoral or iliac veins. Retrograde and pertrochanteric venography both have severe limitations in terms of invasiveness and reliability. Radionuclide venography (RNV) is suggested as a less invasive alternative. 100 patients were investigated by both RNV and X-ray contrast venography (XRV). There was a 72% overall correlation between two methods of investigation. The proximal definition of XRV was limited in those cases with femoral obstruction. RNV, however gave progressively better views as imaging became more proximal and this was accentuated in the presence of femoral or iliac occlusion. RNV is simple and easy to perform and less invasive than XRV. The definition at calf level is such that it cannot at this stage replace XRV as the standard diagnostic procedure. However, in patients with proximal occlusions it gives more reliable information than that obtainable by ascending contrast venography.
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