Abstracts from the 22nd Annual Congress
November 6 - 9, 2008 — Marco Island, FL
ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION OF THE SMALL SAPHENOUS VEIN SPARING THE SAPHENOPOPLITEAL JUNCTION
Author(s): Brian Davison, T. Gregory Walker, Sanjeeva Kalva, Suvranu Ganguli, Scott Broadwell, Stephan Wicky, Bertrand Janne d’Othée
FINAL FOLLOW-UP RESULTS OF ENDOVENOUS RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION (RFA) USING THE CLOSUREFAST CATHETER VERSUS ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION (EVL) OF THE GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN (GSV), A PROSPECTIVE MULTI-CENTER, SINGLE BLINDED, RANDOMIZED STUDY.
Author(s): Jose I. Almeida, John Kaufman, Raymond G Makhoul, Martin T Evans, Oliver Gockeritz, Christian Wenzel, Tim Richards, Daniel Hoheim, Paramijit Chopra
HOW SAFE IS HIGH ENERGY ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION?
Author(s): Ted King
NEUROLOGICAL AND VISUAL SYMPTOMS FOLLOWING TREATMENT OF THE GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN WITH TWO FORMULATIONS OF POLIDOCANOL ENDOVENOUS MICROFOAM (PEM)
Author(s): Janet E Rush, David D I Wright
ONE AND TWO YEARS FOLLOW-UP OF RADIOFREQUENCY SEGMENTAL THERMAL ABLATION (RSTA) OF GREAT SAPHENOUS VEINS (GSVS)
Author(s): Thomas M Proebstle and the European CLF-Study Group
POLIDOCANOL, SODIUM TETRADECYL SULFATE AND PLACEBO FOR SCLEROTHERAPY OF C1-VARICOSE VEINS: A DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (EASI-STUDY)
Author(s): Eberhard Rabe, Dorothee Schliephake, Joachim Otto
PRESENCE OF LOWER LIMB DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS AND PROGNOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Author(s): Takashi Yamaki, Motohiro Nozaki, Hiroyuki Sakurai, Masaki Takeuchi, Kazutaka Soejima, Taro Kono
PROGRESSION AND RECURRENCE OF VEIN DISEASE IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION: TWO-THREE YEAR EXPERIENCE. IS THERE A PLACE FOR THE PHRASE RECURRENT VARICES AFTER LASER OR REVAL?
Author(s): Ted King
PROPRIETARY POLIDOCANOL ENDOVENOUS MICROFOAM (PEM) BUBBLE EMBOLIZATION DOES NOT CAUSE CEREBRAL INJURY
Author(s): Kathleen D Gibson, John D Regan, Cynthia Shortell, Stanley Hirsch, Vincent L Rowe, Janet E Rush, David D I Wright
PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY OF ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION (EVLA) OF GREAT SAPHENOUS VEINS WITH 1470 NM DIODE LASER COMPARING BARE WITH OFF-THE-WALL FIBRE AND FIRST RESULTS WITH A RADIAL EMITTING FIBRE
Author(s): Uldis Maurins, Eberhard Rabe, Felizitas Pannier