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Endologix announces 36-month results of DETOUR2 study
Endologix has announced the final 36-month results from the DETOUR2 study—a prospective, single-arm, international, multicentre clinical evaluation of the novel Detour system for fully percutaneous femoropopliteal bypass procedures. A press release details that the findings highlight the durable efficacy of…
Expiation, Karl Wallenda, Oppenheimer and us
On March 22, 1978, Karl Wallenda went up on a high wire in Puerto Rico strung between two high-rise buildings. There was no safety net. The winds were blowing hard. A crowd was massed below, awaiting the event. As a…
Base revascularization strategy on effectiveness in restoring adequate and durable limb perfusion, BEST-CLI subanalysis advises
The results of a subanalysis of the BEST-CLI trial found that patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) who were deemed suitable for open lower-extremity bypass surgery “have similar periprocedural complications following either open or endovascular revascularization.” The finding led researchers…
BASIL-2 points towards endovascular-first revascularization strategy in CLTI patients
A question from Manj Gohel, MD, from Cambridge University Hospitals in Cambridge, England, on what the 2023 Charing Cross (CX) International Symposium audience should take back to their multidisciplinary team meetings from the first-time presentation of BASIL-2 led chief investigator…
Veterans Affairs: A call to surveillance
For many of those injured in combat, the transition in care from the Military Health System (MHS) to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) can be a daunting one, fraught with logistical and clerical challenges. The deluge of administrative tasks as…
CLI at a crossroads: Which direction now?
Vascular surgery once again finds itself at a crossroads, Michael Belkin, MD, chief of the division of vascular and endovascular surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, told the Western Vascular Society (WVS) annual meeting (Oct. 16–19) in Jackson…
Surgeons must stay skilled in femorotibial/pedal bypass surgery, Paris audience hears
At Paris Vascular Insights (PVI) 2021 (Oct. 21–23, Paris, France), Peter Schneider, MD, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, emphasized the need for trainees to learn both open and endovascular techniques in a talk on how to remain skilled…