Tag: open surgery
BEST-CLI: One year on
A dedicated session at the 2023 VEITHsymposium (14–18 November, New York, USA) aimed to unpack the ways in which clinical practice and attitudes in...
Rachel Bell
A specialist in complex open aortic surgery, Rachel Bell speaks to Vascular News about her career so far. Raised in Yorkshire, UK, she moved...
Open and endovascular surgery recommended over ligation in ruptured extracranial carotid...
Both open and endovascular surgical approaches are likely to produce improved outcomes compared to ligation in the treatment of ruptured extracranial carotid artery aneurysms....
CX Aortic Vienna: New technologies continue to expand vascular surgery armamentarium
From parallel grafting to the role of hybrid operating rooms, the importance of vascular surgeons having a wide range of devices and options at...
Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of October 2021
New data from a head-to-head, randomised trial comparing vascular closure devices, highlights from CX Aortic Vienna 2021 (5–7 October, broadcast) and an interview with past Society...
Surgeons must stay skilled in femorotibial/pedal bypass surgery, PVI audience hears
At Paris Vascular Insights (PVI) 2021 (21–23 October, Paris, France), Peter Schneider (University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA) emphasised the need for...
Simulation-based training shown to build open vascular surgery skills
A recent systematic review found that “carefully designed and structured” simulation-based training (SBT) in open vascular surgery is effective and can improve technical skills,...
NICE abdominal aortic aneurysm guideline takes an “unprecedented” turn
Ian Loftus (London, UK), president of the Vascular Society for Great Britain and Ireland, tells BLearning about the most recent developments in the UK’s...
Surgical simulators are useful but do not replace open and EVAR...
The use of surgical simulators is important to assess competence, plan complex cases and develop skills, but they “do not replace clinical and surgical...
