{"id":83,"date":"2016-09-22T17:26:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T17:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venous-stent2017.pages.tcnj.edu\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2016-09-22T17:26:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T17:26:24","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/venousstent17\/project\/background\/","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Venous Stents are a New Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our senior project is a venous stent designed to restore\u00a0appropriate \u00a0iliac vein blood flow\u00a0in individuals suffering from\u00a0May Thurner&#8217;s Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cStenting has turned out to be the technique of choice for the treatment of femoro\u2013ilio\u2013caval obstructive lesions with low complication rates [&#8230;] Some issues like optimal stent design\u2026 seem crucial and should be evaluated in future studies.\u201d <\/i><i>Endovascular Treatment Options for Chronic Venous Obstructions<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arterial stents are currently being used in veins. Because veins typically have larger diameters and weaker walls than arteries, \u00a0arterial stents are not ideal for use in veins. V<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">enous stents, especially those to be used in the iliac vein, require a higher radial force \u00a0to maintain blood flow and resist compressive forces.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cCurrently, there is no commercially available stent designed specifically for use in the venous system.\u201d <\/i><i>Journal of Vascular Surgery January 2016<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our design aims to develop a stent with\u00a0patency, radial force, flexibility, and size properties optimal for the iliac vein.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venous Stents are a New Technology Our senior project is a venous stent designed to restore\u00a0appropriate \u00a0iliac vein blood flow\u00a0in individuals suffering from\u00a0May Thurner&#8217;s Syndrome. \u201cStenting has turned out to be the technique of choice for the treatment of femoro\u2013ilio\u2013caval obstructive lesions with low complication rates [&#8230;] Some issues like optimal stent design\u2026 seem crucial &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/venousstent17\/project\/background\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Background<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":0,"parent":45,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/venousstent17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/venousstent17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/venousstent17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/venousstent17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/venousstent17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/venousstent17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/venousstent17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/venousstent17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}