Tag: ESVS

Obituary: Roger M Greenhalgh 6th February 1941 – 6th October 2023

Roger Malcolm Greenhalgh, the surgeon internationally renowned for his unparalleled contribution to vascular education, training and research, died peacefully on 6th October, aged 82....

Overtreatment in venous disease: Financial incentives are “the elephant in the...

To combat the “overtreatment problem” in the appropriate care of venous disease, “a concerted, complex, multimodal effort” is required from specialists across disparate parts...

ESVS publishes 2022 guidelines on management of chronic venous disease of...

The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has released 2022 clinical practice guidelines on the management of chronic venous disease (CVD) of the lower...

ESVS CVD guideline writing committee “entirely renews structure” of recommendations

The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has released 2022 clinical practice guidelines on the management of chronic venous disease (CVD) of the lower...

Towards new horizons: ESVS president introduces hybrid 35th Annual Meeting

Following an online-only conference in 2020, this year's iteration of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) Annual Meeting will take a hybrid format,...
Anna Pouncey

Most reinterventions following treatment of iliofemoral DVT could be due to...

Analysing the results of a retrospective, single-centre cohort study conducted at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK, Anna Pouncey (Guys and St Thomas’...

Intraluminal narrowing as a predicting factor for stent occlusion

A recent study which set out to investigate the usefulness of duplex ultrasound in monitoring stent changes over time, concludes that stent occlusion is related...
Venous News for specialists

Worse outcomes in peripartum compared to non-pregnant women stented for DVT

Peripartum women with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) treated with catheter-directed thrombolysis and venous stenting had significantly increased rates of reintervention and loss of stent patency...
Venous News for specialists

Use of diode laser to treat venous malformations effective and safe...

A report of an eight-year experience using diode laser for the treatment of congenital diffuse venous malformations, has shown the modality to be effective...
Venous News for specialists

MOCAP linked with improved quality of life and fewer reinterventions for...

A study presented at the European Society for Vascular Surgery’s annual meeting (ESVS; 25–28 September, Valencia, Spain) has concluded that mechanochemical ablation with concomitant...