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Ontario registry risk model provides ‘reliable’ predictions of stroke, death following carotid endarterectomy
The Ontario carotid endarterectomy registry (OCER) model was found to be the most reliable predictor of stroke or death after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) among 17 models assessed. This was the primary finding of a systematic review published in Stroke by…
Julie A. Freischlag becomes president of American College of Surgeons
Newly installed American College of Surgeons (ACS) President Julie A. Freischlag, MD, called for her fellow surgeons to apply the principles that underpin enhanced recovery as medicine begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. The former Society for Vascular Surgery…
Re-visit VAM: Watch sessions you missed
Registrants for the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) can now catch sessions they may have missed in San Diego—or otherwise review a critical presentation at their own leisure. Select recordings of VAM sessions are now available on the SVS OnDemand…
SVS Foundation seeks auction items for VAM 2022 Gala
The SVS Foundation is planning what promises to be 2022’s party of the year—and needs the help of Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members. The Foundation Gala is set for Friday, June 17, during the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM)…
Envveno Medical reports successful completion of first VenoValve surgery in US pivotal trial
Envveno Medical—formerly Hancock Jaffe Laboratories—recently announced that the first VenoValve surgery in the company’s SAVVE US pivotal trial for the VenoValve has been successfully completed. The surgery was performed by Adriana Laser, MD, associate professor of surgery at Albany Medical…
WIfI system helps predict revascularization benefit for diabetic patients with CLTI, study finds
A retrospective study supports the use of the Wound, ischemia, and foot infection (WIfI) classification system to predict the revascularization benefit for diabetic patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI). The WIfI classification system was developed to stratify the risk of major amputation at one…
Our broken system: Medical liability in vascular practice
My last editorial, “How to succeed in vascular surgery: A guide for the aspiring outlier,” was more controversial than I expected. I naively believed that a critical expose of vascular surgery’s “1%” would be welcomed by roughly 99% of vascular…
Sanford invents Breakthrough Device for TAAA
An investigational device invented at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that helps high-risk vascular disease patients has been granted a Breakthrough Device designation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Patrick Kelly, MD, a Sanford Health vascular surgeon,…
Julie A. Freischlag to be installed as ACS president
Former Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) President Julie A. Freischlag, MD, will be installed as the 2021-22 president of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) at the ACS Convocation Sunday, Oct. 24. Freischlag led the SVS from 2013–14, the first…
WVS 2021: Western Vascular Society names new president-elect
University of Southern California (USC) vascular chief Vincent Rowe, MD, took over as the new president of the Western Vascular Society (WVS)—with University of Arizona chief of vascular surgery Wei Zhou, MD, named the new president-elect—during the organization’s 2021 annual…