Tag: Southern Association for Vascular Surgery
Study details radiation exposure learning curve among vascular trainees
The importance of radiation safety training for vascular surgery trainees was highlighted by a recent study that detailed a learning curve effect between first-...
Vascular surgery trainee autonomy driven by well-being, study finds
A new cross-sectional analysis as part of the SECOND trial found that most vascular surgery trainees are satisfied with their operative and clinical autonomy...
‘Battlefield first aid’: A peer-to-peer prescription for dealing with adverse surgical...
“Battlefield first aid” after a colleague has a bad case as the cornerstone of peer-to-peer support in vascular surgery was the feature of the...
Open surgery, endovascular intervention and robotics: The coming ‘third revolution’ in...
The 2025 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) presidential address featured the hashtag phrase #OnlyUs, an allusion to the specialty’s “unique” differentiator.
SAVS 2024–25 President...
Ketamine reduces postoperative opiate use and pain scores as part of...
The introduction of ketamine into a spinal cord ischemia (SCI) protection protocol used during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repairs led to significant reductions in...
FFRCT diagnosis of coronary ischemia with ischemia-targeted coronary revascularization more than...
Preoperative diagnosis of lesion-specific ischemia using coronary computed tomography (CT)-derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT) and ischemia-targeted coronary revascularization after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) can reduce...
New analysis details learning curve effect behind ‘significant improvement’ in performance...
A multisite hospital system analysis of the safety and procedural learning curve behind the performance of percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy for pulmonary embolism (PE) shows...
Vascular Specialist–January/February 2025
In this issue:
US ARC uncovers ‘dramatic’ decrease in use of prophylactic spinal drains at same time as spinal cord ischemia steeply declines
Interview:...
Study demonstrates textbook outcomes occur less than a quarter of the...
Textbook outcomes remain “very rare” after revascularization for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), with the main driver being an enduring inability to attain complete wound...
BEST-CLI trial spline model analysis breaks new ground in assessing the...
A new analysis of the BEST-CLI trial has produced the first evidence-based glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) value—30 mL/min/1.73 m2—as the cutoff below which patients...
US ARC uncovers ‘dramatic’ decrease in use of prophylactic spinal drains...
Despite a “dramatic” decrease in the use of prophylactic cerebrospinal fluid drains (CSFDs) for the prevention of spinal cord ischemia (SCI) in patients undergoing...
Tracci assumes presidency of Southern Vascular
Margaret (Megan) Tracci, MD, has become the first-ever woman president of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS). The University of Virginia professor of...
Vascular trainees better prepared for open aortic practice than commonly reported,...
Current graduates from both vascular surgery residency and fellowship programs are well prepared for surgical practice in aortic disease whether they are performing open...
Track your wRVUs, because no one else does it better
If you were in the audience at the 2024 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) annual meeting, you might have been taken aback by...