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In Honor of All PAs
Dear Physician Assistants throughout the country, In the 1960s, internist Dr. Eugene Stead – one of the true icons and visionaries of American medicine – developed the Physician Assistant concept and founded the first program at Duke University School of…
SVS Coding Guide, SVU Coding Advisor Software now Available Together
The SVS Coding Guide and SVU Coding Advisor Software combination, available in a one-year license, includes expert coding guidance for all of the peripheral vascular surgery and interventional codes, as well as information on component and bundled coding. The package…
I’m having an identity crisis
I’ve described my nightmares before. But they are becoming more frequent. Night after night I would see myself in an operating room or Endo suite as a faceless wraith without a stable identity, morphing seamlessly from one specialty designation to…
Sept. JVS: Vascular surgeons do higher percentage of AAA repairs
The impact of endovascular repair on specialties performing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Klaas H. J. Ultee, BSc,Rob Hurks, MD, PhD, Dominique B. Buck, MD, George S. DaSilva, BS, Peter A. Soden, MD,Joost A. van Herwaarden, MD, PhD, Hence J. M.…
New App Puts Practice Guidelines a Tap Away
An indispensable free tool for clinicians, trainees and third-party payers The SVS has introduced its new, free Clinical Practice Guidelines app for Apple and Android users. The new app, SVS iPG, is designed for surgeons, referring physicians, trainees and payers…
Nominate an At-Large 2016 Nominating Committee Member
That’s no typo – SVS members have until Sept. 30 to nominate someone for the SVS nominating committee. The SVS Nominating Committee includes one member who is elected by the SVS membership in the autumn preceding the next year’s election.…
The pros and cons of novel anticoagulants
Novel anticoagulants will likely replace need for vitamin K antagonists BY MADHUKAR S. PATEL, M.D., AND ELLIOT L. CHAIKOF, M.D. The discovery of oral anticoagulants began in 1924, when Schofield linked the death of grazing cattle from internal hemorrhage to…
Time to register for VEITH
Register now for the annual VEITHsymposium, scheduled from Nov. 17-21, 2015 at the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan. The VEITHsymposium provides vascular surgeons and other vascular specialists with a five-day conference on the most current information about new developments…
Using a retrojugular approach to the carotid
Carotid endarterectomy is one of the most common operations for vascular surgeons. The standard approach, anteriorly, requires division of the facial vein, frequently additional small tributaries, and sacrifice of the ansa cervicalis. The facial vein is not infrequently the cause…
From the Editor: The elephant in the operating room
Once again hospital administrators in their never-ending quest to reduce expenditures have placed vascular surgeons at a disadvantage. First they reduce the inventory of necessary items. Now they want to keep sales representatives out of the operating room. Their thought…