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.…
STABLE II results published on endovascular treatment of acute complicated TBAD with Cook Zenith

Thirty-day and one-year data from the STABLE II study have been published in the April 2020 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) by Joseph V. Lombardi, MD, professor and chief of vascular surgery at Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, and…
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…
Meta-analysis: Translumbar embolization is superior to transarterial procedure in treatment of post-EVAR type II endoleaks

Translumbar embolization had a greater technical efficacy than its transarterial equivalent in the treatment of type II endoleaks after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery. As a result,…
First TOS reporting standards published

SVS members now have access to the first-ever reporting standards for thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS), published in the September issue (online) at the Journal of Vascular Surgery. Drs. Karl Illig and Audra Duncan led the TOS Reporting Standards Writing Group,…

