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SVS updates patient reading materials to ‘improve accessibility’
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has revamped the patient flyers on YourVascularHealth.org—the Society’s patient-facing online patient resource—in an effort to lower the reading level of the material and improve accessibility for patients. The site contains five flyers on the most…
TAMBE and TBE: Evolving experiences and piecing together channels of inquiry
New findings chronicling progress with both the Gore Excluder thoracoabdominal branch endoprosthesis (TAMBE)— approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last year—and Gore Tag thoracic branch endoprosthesis (TBE), which recently acquired a new indication for use in aortic zones…
Patient-facing literature from SVS found to exceed recommended reading level
A readability analysis of 15 publicly available patient education materials from the SVS found that all but three exceeded the 8th-grade reading level, the threshold at which the average adult in the U.S. reads. Additionally, all 15 breached the 6th-grade…
Mechanical thrombectomy system for AV access shows promise, study shows
A retrospective analysis of 64 patients treated between 2022 and 2025 using a novel mechanical thrombectomy system to treat dialysis access thrombus showed function was restored in 91% of those treated. Data from the study of the InThrill system (Stryker/…
Unionization for vascular surgeons: Are you ready to join?
Vascular Specialist readers may wonder why I am now raising this topic amid current challenges facing vascular surgery, like governmental concerns, low reimbursement, specialty competition, the involvement of advanced practice providers without direct affiliation with vascular surgeons, and discussions regarding…
Enduring PROMISE: Real-world outcomes study suggests results continue to flow from transcatheter arterialization of the deep veins
First retrospective analysis shows comparable outcomes data to those found in PROMISE II pivotal trial, authors report. The first post-approval multicenter analysis of so-called “no-option” chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) patients treated using a pioneering transcatheter arterialization of the deep veins…
Eastern Vascular Society passes 1,000-member mark
It “takes village” to build a community like the one that the Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) has grown into, outgoing president Brajesh K. Lal, MD, told the EVS annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee (Sept. 4–7). Lal was delivering the 2025…
EVS 2025: Eastern Vascular Society reveals 2025–26 officer class
Benjamin Jackson, MD, chief in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute in Allentown, Pennsylvania, became the new Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) president during the 2025 EVS annual meeting in Nashville (Sept. 4–7).…
Regional vascular societies gear up for fall annual meetings
The glut of early fall regional vascular society annual meetings is just around the corner, with no fewer than five slated for the month of September. Several have recently made announcements about standout events taking place at their conferences, with…
Corner Stitch: Becoming a community-engaged vascular surgeon
At the end of my intern year, I was tired. It had been a long year of rounding, placing orders, seeing consults and refining basic suturing skills on primarily general surgery rotations—an experience not dissimilar from many of my fellow…