The aim was to study the variants of the formation and architectonics of the internal iliac vein (IIV) using postvital and vital methods of research. Material and methods. Typical and atypical variants of the trunk formation, architectonics and skeletotopy of the IIV were studied on the postvital material (n=70) and with the help of three-dimensional modeling of the IIV according to the computer tomographic angiography data (n=400). Results. According to the three-dimensional modeling data, in 90,25% of observations the fusion of the IIV and the external iliac vein (EIV) was typical, when the trunk of the common iliac vein (CIV) was formed. In 9,75% - atypical, when the IIV did not participate in the formation of the trunk of the CIV, but flowed into the opposite CIV, into the confluence of the inferior vena cava, separate trunks of the IIV flowed into the EIV. Based on the evaluation of the whole material under study, the IIV architectonics was typical in 48,3% and atypical in 51,7%. In a typical variant of the IIV architectonics, the main trunk is supplied by the iliolumbar vein (ILV), the posterior trunk is supplied by the superior lateral sacral vein (LSV), superior gluteal vein (SGV), and in the anterior trunk - the obturator vein (OV), lower LSV, internal pudendal vein (IPV) and inferior gluteal vein (IGV). Atypical variants of the IIV architectonics can be divided into 5 groups depending on the peculiarities of the influx of its main tributaries: 1 - atypical influx of the IGV (2,9%), 2 - SGV (2,1%), 3 - OV (16,8%), 4 - ILV (9,9%), 5 - LSV (20%). In 2% of cases anastomoses between IIV and EIV were revealed, in 30,6% - between anterior and posterior trunks of IIV. In the majority of cases, the fusion of the IIV and EIV was located at the level of the first sacral vertebral body, while the fusion of the anterior and posterior trunks of the IIV was at the level of the S1-S2 intervertebral disc. Conclusion. The obtained data should be used when planning and performing surgical interventions on pelvic organs, especially in evisceration.
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