Australia & New Zealand Society of Vascular Surgeons

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. ...