Patient-reported benefits of extracranial venous therapy: British Columbia CCSVI Registry

AD Sadovnick, IM Yee, K Attwell-Pope… - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Objective Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has been hypothesized to be
a risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS). Venoplasty has been proposed as a treatment for …

“Waiting for Science to Catch up with Practice”: an examination of 10-year YouTube trends in discussions of chronic cerebral spinal venous insufficiency treatment for …

SM Hynes, S Ghahari, SJ Forwell - Informatics for Health and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The objective of this longitudinal study examined, first, whether people with
multiple sclerosis who previously advocated for angioplasty to treat chronic cerebral spinal …

“Liberation treatment” for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: the truth will set you free

G Tsivgoulis, S Faissner, K Voumvourakis… - Brain and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has recently been
introduced as a chronic state of impaired cerebral or cervical venous drainage that may be …

Venoplasty of chronic cerebral spinal venous insufficiency to improve MS patient reported outcomes is not superior to sham treatment at week 2 or week 12

A Traboulsee, L Machan, M Girard… - Journal of the …, 2017 - jns-journal.com
Background: Balloon venoplasty of extracranial jugular and azygos venous narrowing
(chronic cerebral spinal venous insufficiency, CCSVI) was not superior to sham treatment on …

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for treatment of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in people with multiple sclerosis: a summary of a Cochrane …

EJ van Zuuren, Z Fedorowicz, E Pucci… - Journal of Neurology …, 2014 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background It has been recently hypothesised that chronic cerebrospinal venous
insufficiency (CCSVI) may be an important factor in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis …

Efficacy and safety of extracranial vein angioplasty in multiple sclerosis: a randomized clinical trial

P Zamboni, L Tesio, S Galimberti, L Massacesi… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) is characterized by
restricted venous outflow from the brain and spinal cord. Whether this condition is …

Predictors of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency procedure use among older people with multiple sclerosis: a national case–control study

M Ploughman, OJ Manning, S Beaulieu… - BMC Health Services …, 2015 - Springer
Background Following the initial reports of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency
(CCSVI) and the purported curative potential of venoplasty,(coined the 'liberation'procedure) …

Efficacy and safety of venous angioplasty of the extracranial veins for multiple sclerosis. Brave dreams study (brain venous drainage exploited against multiple …

P Zamboni, A Bertolotto, P Boldrini, P Cenni… - Trials, 2012 - Springer
Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the
central nervous system with a disabling progressive course. Chronic cerebrospinal venous …

Internal jugular thrombosis post venoplasty for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency

Imperial College CCSVI Investigation Group… - …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) is a hypothesis through which cerebral
venous drainage abnormalities contribute towards the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis …

Social media representation of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency intervention for multiple sclerosis

S Ghahari, SJ Forwell - International Journal of MS Care, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
Background: We conducted a rigorous review of videos related to multiple sclerosis (MS)
and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) treatment posted by people with MS …