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Long-term VQI-VISION analysis sheds light on PVI versus bypass in aortoiliac occlusive disease
Today’s Plenary Session 4—Hosted in Great Hall A, First Floor from 10:45 a.m.–12 p.m.—will feature a presentation of five-year findings from the VQI-VISION database indicating that aortobifemoral bypass (ABF) remains a more durable long-term treatment option compared to endovascular intervention…
Re-evaluating aortoiliac endarterectomy: Case series shows ‘acceptable durability’
The uncommonly performed aortoiliac endarterectomy—one of the open procedures on which the vascular surgical specialty was founded—provides acceptable durability in aortoiliac occlusive disease patients with smaller native vessels, especially among females, a 25-patient case series review performed at Louisiana State…
Aortobifemoral grafting in the endovascular era: An exploration of the open procedure and its merits among ‘good-risk’ patients today
Aortobifemoral grafting for aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) probably remains “very safe” in the era of endovascular repair, according to the senior author behind a new paper exploring optimal approaches to the often burdensome condition. The research team, led by Jonathan…
Supply & demand: [Private] practice matters
Vascular surgeons in private practice could play a crucial role in alleviating one of the existential problems currently vexing the specialty: The training of future generations of specialists and its intersection with declining numbers of open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)…