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Physical pain a risk factor for vascular surgery trainee burnout, survey reveals
A recent survey has indicated that physical pain is “prevalent” among vascular surgery trainees and represents a risk factor for burnout. Eric Pillado, MD, MBA, a vascular surgery resident at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, shared this…
VAM attendees chime in on BEST-CLI and BASIL-2
VS@VAM journalist Will Date and videographer Jean-Philippe Bensoussan caught some VAM 2023 foot traffic outside the BEST-CLI and BASIL-2: Debate, Analysis and Implementation session last week to get their take on the two trials and how it has impacted their…
Frailty status beats WIfI score as mortality predictor in all-comer CLTI study
A study presented during Plenary Session 3 at last week’s Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), concluded that the Wound, Ischemia, and Foot Infection (WIfI) stage is predictive of major amputation at one-year follow-up in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), while…
SVS diversity celebration at VAM 2023
The Society for Vascular Surgery celebrates all of its members at the inaugural Celebration of Diversity Reception at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) 2023. In previous years, many specific groups held smaller receptions while at VAM, including young surgeons, women…
Optimizing the clinical environment: ‘Mitigating Barriers to Inclusion and Advancement in Academic Surgery’ presented at VAM 2023
America’s face is changing, becoming more diverse and with more women and immigrants in the country, medicine and the vascular surgery specialty. Raghu L. Motaganahalli, MD, of the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine,…
SVS honors two with Lifetime Achievement Award
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) honored two surgeons—instead of the traditional one—with its highest honors, the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) last week. It’s only the third time the Society has done so in the…
‘Vigilant’ surveillance and low threshold for further interventions ‘crucial’ following rescue of prior EVAR with PMEG
The findings of a recent study on reinterventions and sac dynamics after fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (FEVAR) with a physician-modified endograft (PMEG) for index aneurysm repair and following prior EVAR led researchers to conclude that “vigilant” surveillance and a low…
Nephrologist insights for vascular surgeons at hemodialysis access session
Friday afternoon in Potomac D will see VAM play host to a series of presentations on access for hemodialysis that will offer education on arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs), grafts (AVGs) and maturation—as well as strategies for managing their failure. The session…
‘Excellent’ limb salvage rates for trauma bypass performed by vascular surgeons
Revascularization for extremity trauma can be performed with excellent limb salvage rates, though poor compliance with long-term surveillance raises some cause for concern. These are among the primary messages presented from a study detailing the experience and outcomes of a…
Improved fistulas and cost-effectiveness promised in plenary 5 abstract presentation
Friday morning’s Plenary Session 5 (8:00–9:30 a.m.) is set to feature new data on an external support device that may deliver more functional arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) while also offering an improvement in cost-effectiveness. Presenting an abstract on research into the…