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Randomized data ‘debunks’ widely used negative pressure wound therapy
“How did an ineffective and costly intervention become routine care in the NHS [UK National Health Service]?” Ian Chetter, MBChB, chair of surgery at Hull York Medical School, University of Hull in Hull, England, posed at the 39th European Society…
Debate verdict: Carotid endarterectomy maintains its golden hue
The established “gold-standard” approach to carotid revascularization remained enshrined as the go-to operation as far as a 2025 Charing Cross (CX) International Symposium audience was concerned. Some 76% of those who voted in the post-debate poll sided with Barbara Rantner,…
Obituary: Janet Powell
Janet Powell, the clinical trial investigator who played a pivotal role in several landmark abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) studies, has died at the age of 79. At the time of her death, Powell was professor of vascular biology and medicine…
ESVS publishes 2025 vascular trauma guidelines
The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has developed new guidelines for the care of patients with vascular trauma. The 2025 clinical practice guideline document was recently published as an open-access article in press in the European Journal of Vascular…
Innovation in vascular surgery: Balancing progress with patient safety
A debate at this year’s European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS 2024) annual meeting (Sept. 24–27) in Kraków, Poland, centered on innovation in vascular surgery, with experts considering whether it will “change everything.” While Matt Thompson, MBBS, chief executive officer…
CEA ‘remains useful and relevant’ in era of improving medical therapy
Findings from a retrospective analysis delivered at the recent European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) annual meeting (Sept. 24–27) in Kraków, Poland, provide evidence that—for symptomatic carotid artery stenosis patients—endarterectomy “remains a useful and relevant intervention in the era of…
Novel AI-assisted DVT diagnostic pathway aims to ‘democratize’ point-of-care ultrasound
A new deep vein thrombosis (DVT) diagnostic pathway incorporating non-expert artificial intelligence (AI)-guided compression ultrasound could reduce workload and costs for healthcare systems while providing a quicker diagnosis and improving patient care. Efthymios (Makis) Avgerinos, MD, of Athens, Greece, shared…
Navigating clinical guidelines discrepancies between SVS, ESVS patients
Clinical guidelines from the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) are pivotal in directing practitioners’ management of complex vascular conditions. However, the development and release of these guidelines have not been synchronized, resulting…
Dedicated session offers insight on ebbs and flows of SVS, ESVS guidelines
An education session set to take place in the afternoon of Wednesday, June 19 (3:15–4:45 p.m. in the West Building, Level 1), will examine discrepancies between Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) clinical practice…
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of January 2024
In January, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist include a U.S. Aortic Research Consortium analysis of F/BEVAR preoperative risk factors in AAAs/TAAAs; a reflection on lessons learnt one year on from BEST-CLI; Southern Vascular’s election of its first female…