Australia & New Zealand Society of Vascular Surgeons

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Current Venous Thromboembolism Guidlines

Current Venous Thromboembolism Guidlines (PDF)

Cancer Associated Thrombosis

Cancer Associated Thrombosis (PDF)

Mechanisms of Atherosclerotic Plaque Instability

Mechanisms of Atherosclerotic Plaque Instability (PDF)

Prophylaxis for VTE

Prophylaxis for VTE (PDF)

Duration of Anticoagulation for Venous Thromboembolism

Duration of Anticoagulation for Venous Thromboembolism (PDF)

Venous thromboembolism in Asia

Venous thromboembolism in Asia (PDF)

SFA stenting for Claudication

SFA stenting for Claudication (PDF)

The ENDORSE study

The ENDORSE study (PDF)

Combined Evar and Endovascular Common Iliac Artery Aneurysm Repair Using the Iliac Bifurcation Device

Obesity and chronic venous disease – the popliteal compression connection

Obesity and chronic venous disease – the popliteal compression connection (Powerpoint)

The New RACS Integrated Training System(SET – Surgical Education and Training) What it means for Vascular Surgery

The New RACS Integrated Training System(SET - Surgical Education and Training) What it means for Vascular Surgery (Powerpoint)...

The Adelaide Vascular Trials: The Impact of Focussed Feedback and Formative Feedback

Australian surgical education at under-graduate, post graduate and subspecialty level is based on a system of proscribed, curricula based programming. ...

Vascular Closure Devicesfor Endovascular Interventions

The Endovascular management of Internal Iliac Aneurysms Using the Iliac Bifurcation Device

The Endovascular management of Internal Iliac Aneurysms Using the Iliac Bifurcation Device (Powerpoint)

Where does the non-invasive assessment of visceral (renal and mesenteric) disease fit in the armamentarium of available imaging options?

How Should the Contemporary Vascular Surgeon Be Trained? Views from the USA

How Should the Contemporary Vascular Surgeon Be Trained? Views from the USA (Powerpoint)

Venous Incompetence Duplex Scanning – What the Clinician Needs to Know

Venous Incompetence Duplex Scanning – What the Clinician Needs to Know (Powerpoint)

Interventions for PAD and What the Clinician Wants to Know

Interventions for PAD and What the Clinician Wants to Know (Powerpoint)

Ultrasound Assessment of Chronic Venous Disease

Ultrasound Assessment of Chronic Venous Disease (Powerpoint)

The Accuracy of Ultrasound for Determining the Extent of Residual Deep Vein Thrombus

DVT Powerpoint

Where does the non-invfit in the armamentarium of available imaging options?

Femoro-distal anterior tibial vein bypass graft entrapment: a case report

The phenomenon of entrapment of the femoro-popliteal vein bypass graft has been preveously reported. However, to the authors' knowledge, there ...

Irradiated vein grafts for prevention of vein graft stenosis

Introduction Vein graft stenosis is believed to be entirely due to intimal hyperplasia. Approximately 10-30% of infrainguinal bypass vein grafts ...

The endovascular repair of thoracic aortic lesions: short term analysis of 76 cases

Aim The safety, efficacy and feasibility for the endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissections were retrospectively analysed. Method ...

A prospective study of systemic inflammatory syndrome in patients following endoluminal aortic aneurysm repair

Introduction Fever is common after endoluminal abdominal aortic aneurysm (eAAA) repair, and may be part of a specific 'post-implantation' syndrome. ...

Medical indemnity issues

The Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003 was passed in March 2003 and introduced July 1, 2003. ...

Subintimal angioplasty in the management of claudication and critical ischaemia

A review of 60 cases of SFA subintimal angioplasty in the management of claudication and SFA or distal subintimal angioplasty ...

Is endograft the preferred modality of treatment in AAA – 80 year old

Operative treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in octogenarians has traditionally been met with guarded enthusiasm. While robust octogenarians have ...

Fate of the ancure graft – what does it mean for endovascular AAA repair?

The Ancure endovascular graft (Guidant, Menlo Park, CA) entered the US market in 1999 with a pre-marketing agreement (PMA) including ...

US experience and the Excluder

The Pivotal Trial leading to FDA approval of the Excluder in the United States was undertaken in 19 clinical centers. ...

The value of stump pressure as an indicator for shunting during carotid endarterectomy

Stump pressure measurements have been used to select patients for bypass shunting during carotid endarterectomy. Based on the assumption that ...

A comparision of intra-operative neuroendocrine responses in patients undergoing open abdominal aneurysm repair versus those undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair

Background Studies consistently show that the tissue damage caused by surgical trauma can evoke diffuse changes in hormonal and metabolic ...

The role of pre-operative anxiety in the determination of intra-operative neuroendocrine responses and recovery

Objectives The present study examined the relationship between pre-operative anxiety, intra-operative neuroendocrine responses and recovery. In line with the psychophysiological ...

Results from thirteen years of colour duplex venous scans in a small peripheral New Zealand hospital

Introduction A high incidence of patients presenting with recurrent varicose veins defined the need for surgery to be improved. The ...

A single-center experience of 185 cases of endografting for descending thoracic aortic aneurysm

Objectives Endovascular stent grafting (endografting) holds great potential as a minimally invasive alternative to open surgery for thoracic aortic aneurysms. ...

Reduction in platelet activation by antiplatelet agents: a prospective randomised crossover trial in claudicants

Introduction Anti-platelet therapy reduces vascular complications in patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD) with aspirin the most commonly prescribed agent. ...

A comparitive study of ultrasound and CT scan for follow-up after endovascular repairs of AAA’s

Introduction CT scan is widely used for follow-up of patients after endovascular repair of AAA, however, it is a relatively ...

Outcome of treatment of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms before and after the introduction of an endovascular (EVAR) program

Objectives The objectives of this study were to determine potential differences in outcome between EVAR and conventional repair, and also ...

Endovascular treatment of chronic splanchnic syndrome

Objectives Chronic splanchnic syndrom (CSS) is defined as symptomatic single or multi vessel obliterative splanchnic vascular disease. We analyzed the ...

Carotid artery stenting: analysis of 105 cases in high-risk patients

Introduction Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS) has been recommended as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) by some clinicians. However recently ...

Carotid endarterectomy v stenting: plans for an NIH-sponsored clinical trial

Carotid artery stenting (CAS) has been recommended by some clinicians as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA). However, efficacy for ...

Technical considerations in carotid artery stenting

Carotid stenting (CAS) has emerged as a useful and potentially less invasive alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Current technical recommendations ...

Internal carotid artery stenosis leads to overestimation of contralateral internal carotid artery stenotic grading with duplex: an audit and exploration of data

Purpose Haemodynamically significant internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis leads to increased flow in the contralateral carotid system. This has been ...

Role valve reconstruction in venous disease and how to do it – 5 year experience

Background Deep venous reflux is responsible for considerable morbidity in the form of venous leg ulceration and remains a very ...

Use of talent endograft for treatment of AAA

Objective The Talent endovascular graft has been used in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms in over 20,000 patients worldwide, ...

Vascular reconstruction in the management of bone and soft tissue tumours

Introduction Limb sparing, wide local excision is the recommended treatment for soft tissue and bone sarcomas. This presents a significant ...

Endoluminal grafting of abdominal aortic aneurysms – a cost-effective procedure for a rural hospital?

The device cost for an Endoluminal aortic graft (EAG) has been the major reason given for public hospitals restricting the ...

Thrombolysis in vascular access conduits, results from a regional centre

Aim To report the results of thrombolysis of AV access conduits and follow-up of patients in a regional centre. Methods: ...

AAA and bifurcated stent graft systems for preserving the internal iliac artery

Objective To provide an overview of the FORTRONTM AAA Stent Graft System and the capabilities of the TributaryTM Iliac Bifurcation ...