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Clinical Practice Guidelines
About Our Guidelines
Society for Vascular Surgery clinical practice guidelines evaluate the evidence in the scientific literature, assess the likely benefits and harms of a particular treatment, and enable healthcare providers to select the best care for a unique patient based on his or her preferences.
The Society develops guidelines to aid its members and their patients in the decision-making process. SVS guideline writing groups draw upon systematic reviews of the available evidence to inform key recommendations. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are performed by the Mayo Clinic Evidence-based Practice Center, in Rochester, Minnesota. The methodology used for SVS clinical practice guidelines has been published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
SVS members are invited to propose guideline topics, using the request form.
New Guidelines & Reporting Standards
- Extracranial Cerebrovascular Disease Practice Guidelines
- Extracranial Cerebrovascular Disease Implementation Document
- Popliteal Artery Aneurysms
- Chronic Mesentric Ischemia (CMI)
- Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair TEVAR
- Endovascular Aortic Repair of Aneurysms Involving the Renal-Mesenteric Arteries (FEVAR)
- Management of Visceral Artery Aneurysms
- TCAR
- SIR IVC Filter
Please click here to view the January 2021 JVS supplement which includes Clinical Practice Guidelines and Reporting Standards.
Pocket Guidelines
The SVS has made several of its most recent clinical practice guidelines available as digital pocket guides through GuidelineCentral. The guidelines are:
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia
- Follow-up After Vascular Surgery Arterial Procedures
- Management of Diabetic Foot
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Type B Aortic Dissections
- Venous Leg Ulcers
- Visceral
Follow the link below to access the digital guidelines; printed pocket guides are also available for purchase. Non-members must purchase the guidelines individually, starting at $9.95.
For quick access, you can view the “flipbook” versions of each SVS pocket guideline here: http://eguideline.guidelinecentral.com/svs-guidelines-bundle
To request your free link to digital guides (SVS Members), email your full name to Guidelines@VascularSociety.org for membership verification.
svs members - REQUEST YOUR FREE Digital Guidelines
Current Guidelines & Implementation Tools
The SVS introduces the following three new mobile apps to guide surgeons in the treatment and management of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI):
- VQI CLTI Mortality Prediction Model
- SVS Threatened Limb Classification [WIfI]
- Global Limb Anatomic Staging System [GLASS]
Check out the new addition to the New Apps
Topics in Development
- Carotid Artery/Cerebrovascular Disease
- Popliteal Artery Aneurysms
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
- Varicose Veins
