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VenaSeal superior for management of chronic venous insufficiency, finds systematic review
According to a network meta-analysis, the VenaSeal system by Medtronic is “a promising therapeutic option for anatomic success at six months.” The study, published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, also highlighted the lower number of…
COVID-19: Ventilator manufacturers unite to form training alliance
Several of the world’s ventilator manufacturers have formed a Ventilator Training Alliance (VTA) in partnership with Allego to create a mobile app that frontline medical providers can use to access a centralized repository of ventilator training resources. The manufacturers include…
FDA grants Nexus aortic arch stent graft system breakthrough designation
Endospan was recently granted breakthrough device designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Nexus aortic arch stent graft system. The FDA’s breakthrough device designation program is intended to provide timely access to medical devices that have the…
Dispatches from the vascular front: Early steps beyond COVID-19 peak in Seattle
If Seattle and the broader state of Washington provided the vascular care blueprint for how to proceed once the COVID-19 pandemic started to spread out to other parts of the country, it might also hold a trail of clues for…
COVID-19: Pandemic lessons for vascular care from military theater
An exemplar of how surgery can best perform its role amid a catastrophic event like the COVID-19 pandemic can be found in military medicine’s response to the events that occurred on 9/11, according to an editorial written by Todd E.…
Dispatches from the vascular front: Consequences of COVID-19 on a Florida private practice
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have landed like a sledgehammer on vascular surgery, reducing much of practice to a standstill. For those in private practice, the effects have perhaps been even more profound, with practitioners forced to all-but pull…
SVS needs assessment survey: Evaluating impact of COVID-19 on vascular surgery
The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the healthcare workforce with unprecedented challenges, the like of which has not been experienced in a century. In response, the vascular surgeon community has rallied together in a similarly extraordinary way—with real-time, peer-to-peer support and…
SVS remains nimble in face of spreading pandemic, pivots to member priorities
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) started 2020 with plans intensifying for the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) in May, the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in June, the launch of the branding initiative, along with a host of other SVS…
COVID-19: Cotton and surgical masks may be ineffective at stopping spread of virus through coughs
In a brief report in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Seongman Bae, MD, of the Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues report that neither surgical nor cotton masks appear to be an…
Dispatches from the vascular front: A view of COVID-19’s impact on hard-hit NYC
Sharif Ellozy, MD, has had just about as near to a front row seat as it gets to the part of the United States worst-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic—short of operating as an intensive care unit (ICU) or emergency room…