Skipped stent technique of dealing with iliac-caval confluence. The asterisk represents the unstented "skipped" area at the iliac-caval confluence. The technique has not been shown to have any adverse effects on outcomes.

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... technique has several advantages-provision of stronger radial force, allowance for easier sequential bilateral stenting and avoidance of jailing of the contralateral side due to larger interstices (9). Another technique of dealing with the iliac-caval confluence is the "skip stent technique" which has been utilized by some authors without an adverse impact on stent patency (Figure 1). It involves leaving a skipped lesion at the level of iliocaval confluence (10). ...