Setting up an office-based vein practice is becoming extremely popular as the treatment of varicose veins is undergoing a revolution. Many physicians feel that it is becoming less and less acceptable for varicose veins to be operated on by using open surgical techniques.

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Andrew Holden, Auckland, New Zealand, presented results from the preliminary clinical experience with the Ventana off-the-shelf fenestrated endovascular graft (Endologix) yesterday.

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For the fourth year running, the Charing Cross Office Based Veins Course offered a vast selection of the latest therapies to treat varicose veins in an office environment. Over two sessions, 300 participants were trained on steam thermotherapy, mechano-chemo ablation, foam sclerotherapy, thread vein treatment and endovenous ablation, among other techniques.

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Clinical practice must change today, according to the latest data from the 10-year follow-up of the UK EVAR trials and a large US M2S dataset registry. The anatomical suitability for EVAR must be respected and mandatory pre-discharge imaging should be a requirement in order to identify perioperative rupture, CX delegates heard yesterday. Remarkably, they also heard that the incidence of aortic sac enlargement after EVAR appears to be increasing, not decreasing, despite increased operator

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Michael Jenkins, Imperial College, London, UK was invited to give a commentary on the presentations from Thomas Wyss and Andres Schanzer at the CX session "Abdominal Aortic Aneurym Consensus Update."

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Where are we after the publication of the European EVAR trials? Nine experts spoke about what modifications have been done in the new generation of EVAR devices available in Europe. They provided an overview of some of the latest devices and told the audience why they think these new endografts can improve endovascular aneurysm repair results.

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Bolton Medical has announced a major milestone for Relay and Relay NBS thoracic stent grafts by achieving 2,000 patients treated worldwide.

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Atraumatic device achieves a completely bloodless surgical field without fear of damaging fragile or calcified blood vessels.

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Ralf Kolvenbach, Augusta Hospital and Catholic Clinics in Duesseldorf, Germany, is the first vascular surgeon to have repaired a thoracic aortic aneurysm with the new Cook Medical’s TX2 Pro-Form.

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The Aorfix abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft was designed to address an unmet need for a device that was flexible and conformable to a patient’s anatomy, with the ability to adapt to changing morphology over time.

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Medtronic will present the new Endurant abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft system, designed to give endovascular specialists the ease of use and confidence to achieve superior performance in both straightforward and challenging anatomies.

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Abbott announces the initiation a clinical trial of the Absolute Pro peripheral self-expanding stent system in patients with iliac artery disease

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Invatec announce CE-certification for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty balloon catheter, the IN.PACT Falcon

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