Trauma or fracture to the ilium bone. The iliac crest can be damaged because of a traumatic experience such as a car accident or a bad fall, causing you to feel pain in your hip area or lower back.

May-Thurner syndrome, also known as iliac vein compression syndrome or Cockett's syndrome, affects two blood vessels that go to your legs. It could make you more likely to have a DVT (deep vein ...

Most studies reporting meralgia paresthetica as a complication of iliac crest bone grafting suggest that the symptoms improve with occasional nerve blocks, analgesics, and desensitization.

PHILADELPHIA — Few studies have examined bone graft harvest site complications, but a new prospective study has now identified a relatively high rate of persistent pain and morbidity after iliac ...

An iliac wing fracture occurs in the upper part of the ilium bone in the pelvis. It's also known as a Duverney fracture, named after French surgeon Joseph Guichard Duverney's first description of ...

With the bladder full (900 ml. of saline solution), causing venous obstruction (B), many more collateral vessels, marked retrograde flow of dye, left-iliac-vein indentation and lateral ...

Previous authors reporting on the morbidity of iliac crest bone graft harvest have reported overall complication rates up to 49%. [1,2,3,4] ...