Facing Surgery? Quit Smoking Now for a Safer Procedure
Surgery is dangerous for cigarette smokers. If your surgeon recommends surgery, smoking cessation is a must. Ask for help if you need it.
Smoking Assistance Joint Statement - SVS-SVN
SVS / SVN JOINT STATEMENT
Vascular Surgery Teams Urged to
Actively Provide Smokers with Cessation Assistance
Societies for Vascular Surgery and Nursing Form New Alliance
The Society for Vascular Surgery and the Society for Vascular Nursing have signed an agreement in which the nursing association will be managed from the Chicago-based SVS office.
Secret Tip For VAM17 Abstract Submitters
The Number One Tip for Submission Success
Here’s the most important advice you will get from the program committee chair: Submit early.
Preventable Amputations in High Risk Patients Up Significantly since 2005: California study
Overall, the rate of preventable amputations has decreased in the U.S., but in California there is one sub-group for which the opposite may be true.
‘Paradigm shift’ for quality database will track medical management outcomes for the first time
CHICAGO, Illinois – A new Vascular Medicine Registry will be launched in early 2017 by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Society for Vascular Medicine (SVM).
Dr. Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen Named New SVS PSO Medical Director
Dr. Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen has been named the new medical director of the Society for Vascular Surgery Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO).
Six Diabetes-Related Vascular Complications - And How To Avoid Them
People who live with diabetes know they have a lot of health management to do – monitor their blood sugar, stay alert for eye problems and monitor for foot infections.
New PAD Reporting Standards Released
The Society for Vascular Surgery has released new reporting standards focused on endovascular treatment of chronic lower extremity peripheral artery disease.