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Open vs. endovascular aneurysm repair in the 60-year-old man against the...

 “The best treatment for a 60-year-old man with an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm that is above the threshold for intervention is arguably surgery based...

Tackling the uncommon, but devastating, complication of infection after EVAR

 Rachel Bell (Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK) describes a variety of specialist surgical options to treat infection after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR),...

The “epidemic” of surgeon burnout and a glimpse into the future...

 Ronald L Dalman (Stanford, USA), vice president of the Society for Vascular Surgery, discusses how aligning an individual surgeon’s goals with those of the...

So, are you using lower leg lead shields when you perform...

 Chronic exposure to low dose radiation, such as that experienced by operators who routinely perform endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), has biological effects that can...
Mastracci told Interventional News about how clinicians’ practices are being tested

Individual evaluation of each patient, and each aorta, is key to...

 “The instructions for use (IFU) are not a clinical guideline, so trainees should really think about what the main considerations are when they are...