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Deep venous stenting presents advantage over ablation in achieving better ulcer healing rates, AVF 2020 told
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.—“Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) secondary to deep venous stenosis represents a distinct class of patients who require a unique treatment paradigm,” stated Abhisekh Mohapatra, a vascular surgeon at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, presenting results…
Sternbergh: On his journey of self-awareness, overcoming tragedy and achieving work-life balance
PALM BEACH, Fla.—In an address that ran the gamut of emotions—from success to tragedy and back again—W. Charles Sternbergh III, MD, may have delivered a salutary lesson in both life and work for posterity, one from which vascular surgeons of…
Presence of outpatient wound care center leads to significant decrease in amputation rates, says Stanford specialist
NEW YORK—The opening of an outpatient wound care center has a positive impact on affiliated vascular surgery practice, with a significant increase in the number of peripheral interventions and a significant decrease in amputation rates, attendees of the 2019 VEITHsymposium…
Early adaptation of SVS, STS TBAD joint document will drive robust body of work for comparison
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) recently published a joint document on reporting standards for type B aortic dissection (TBAD). The purpose of this document was to establish a standardized language for presentation,…
Newly FDA-approved device for central venous occlusions hailed as exciting advance
HOUSTON—These are exciting times in the theater of dialysis access, expert in the field Eric Peden, MD, mused in the latter part of last year—“and that’s not always been easy to say because dialysis has had not too much change…
How will coronavirus impact medical education?
The meeting, the seminar and the symposium: Collectively, this triumvirate of forum types forms one of the core elements of postgraduate medical education. These crucial arenas in which we get together with colleagues to present data and share experiences vary…
Bridging the gap to future surgical success: Surgeon-coaches can help colleagues thrive
What is surgical coaching? The Institute for Life Coach Training defines coaching as a professional relationship that helps people produce extraordinary results in their lives, careers, businesses or organizations, helping them to bridge the gap between where they are now…
Medical education requires a reboot in the digital age, argues stent-grafting pioneer
LAS VEGAS—Medical education is confronted by huge opportunities with the coming of what has been termed the fourth industrial revolution—that of the intersection where “big biology and big medicine” meet “big data.” Those were the sentiments of Michael Dake, MD,…
March 2020 is vascular recruitment month
Much has been made of the impending shortage of physicians in the United States, with ominous predictions that it could come as soon as 2030.1 The driving force behind the overall shortage is a menacing convergence of a rising, aging…
Patients with asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis may be successfully managed medically, researchers find ‘relatively high’ long-term survival
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.—High-risk patients with asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis may be successfully managed medically, delegates at the winter meeting of the Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) held in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Jan. 30–Feb. 2, were told. That was the…