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Iliac vein stenting should remain a viable treatment option for higher BMI patients
Despite greater comorbid conditions, patients with obesity benefited as much as patients with normal body mass index (BMI) from iliac vein stent placement for proximal venous outflow obstruction (PVOO) in a study from a research group in New York. Jinseo…
Six years, much growth and multiple changes to JVS publications
Their terms about to end, Peter Gloviczki, MD, and Peter Lawrence, MD, editor-in-chief and senior editor, respectively, of the Journal of Vascular Surgery family of publications reflect on their time at the helm and the changes they’ve seen—and implemented—along the…
Talking about women surgeons’ lives and careers
Women—and more than a few men—flocked to the inaugural Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) education session of the Society for Vascular Surgery’s new Women’s Section yesterday. The topics of “Supporting Women Vascular Surgeons—From Recruitment through Senior Leadership” reflected the name with…
Vascular surgeons ‘have a role to play’ in transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures
Vascular surgery assistance in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) can facilitate safe and effective device introduction through cases involving challenging femoral or iliac access. This was the conclusion delivered by Enrico Gallitto, MD, from the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy,…
F/BEVAR has high technical success and low mortality in chronic post-dissection TAAA
Fenestrated/branched endovascular aneurysm repair (F/BEVAR) is associated with high technical success and low mortality in patients with chronic post-dissection thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (PD-TAAA). This conclusion was presented by Mohamed A. Abdelhalim, MBChB, a PhD research fellow at St Thomas’ Hospital,…
Low rate of new white lesions detected after TCAR using diffusion-weighted MRI
New white lesions are not a common occurrence in patients who have undergone transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR), a study in which patients were assessed post-procedurally using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI), has found. This was the finding delivered by Raghu…
Medicare cuts: ‘It is crucially important we stay engaged in the process’
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members deemed payment and reimbursement among the top advocacy priorities for 2022. A session Wednesday at VAM informed attendees about Medicare payment issues and relayed information on the past, what’s going on in the present…
Trust, transportation, insurance hamper ‘quality vascular surgery care for all,’ Crawford Forum hears
An absence of patient trust in their doctors and hospital systems yesterday morning emerged as a key talking point amid a comprehensive deep dive into some of the problems vascular surgeons tackle in their efforts to broaden access to quality…
Researchers report higher three-year amputation and reintervention rates in Black and Hispanic CLTI patients
In a study of over 7,000 chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) patients, researchers found that Black and Hispanic patients had higher three-year amputation and reintervention rates; survival, however, was higher among Black patients and similar between Hispanic and White patients. Aderike…
Silk Road to evaluate TCAR in standard surgical risk patients with ROADSTER 3 study
Silk Road Medical today announced a post-market study to evaluate the transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) system in the treatment of standard surgical risk patients with carotid artery disease. The ROADSTER 3 study will fulfill the US Food and Drug Administration’s…