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:

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

purchase Print Pocket Guides

Current Guidelines & Implementation Tools are listed below:

CHECK OUT THE NEW ADDITION TO THE New Apps

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]

Published Guideline	Supporting Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
Popliteal Artery Aneurysms J Vasc Surg 2021.04.040 Can these guidelines be used in practice? User survey	A systematic review of Popliteal
CHRONIC mESENTRIC iSCHEMIA (CMI) J Vasc Surg 2020.10.029 Can these guidelines be used in practice? User survey
thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (tevar) J Vasc Surg 2020.05.076 Can these guidelines be used in practice? User survey	A systematic review of TEVAR
management of visCeral artery aneurysms J Vasc Surg 2020.01.039 Can these guidelines be used in practice? User survey	A systematic review of visceral artery aneurysms Visceral Artery Aneurysms Editorial
Global Vascular Guidelines Chronic Limb-threatening Ischemia J Vasc Surg 2019;69(6 Suppl) New apps - translating guidelines in practice Listen to the expert - App use in daily practice Guidelines in Translation: Russian (русский ) svs members - REQUEST YOUR FREE Digital Guidelines Can these guidelines be used in practice? User survey	Revascularization outcomes of infrainguinal chronic limb-threatening ischemia Bypass surgery versus endovascular interventions in severe or critical limb ischemia The natural history of untreated severe or critical limb ischemia Nonrevascularization-based treatments in patients with severe or critical limb ischemia
Compression therapy after invasive treatment of superficial veins of the lower extremities J Vasc Surg; January 2019 svs members - REQUEST YOUR FREE Digital Guidelines LINK Can these guidelines be used in practice? User survey
Follow-up after vascular surgery arterial procedures J Vasc Surg 2018;68:1 svs members - REQUEST YOUR FREE Digital Guidelines LINK Can these guidelines be used in practice? User survey Slides	Duplex ultrasound surveillance for infrainguinal vein bypass grafts
Hospital Privileges in Vascular Surgery J Vasc Surg 2018;67:1337-1344 svs members - REQUEST YOUR FREE Digital Guidelines LINK Can these guidelines be used in practice? User survey
abdominal aortic aneurysm J Vasc Surg 2018;67:2-77 Guidelines in Translation: Spanish (Español) svs members - REQUEST YOUR FREE Digital Guidelines LINK Can these guidelines be used in practice? User survey Slides	Umbrella review on diagnosis and management is embedded in published guideline Surveillance after endovascular aortic repair
Management of Patients with Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;():. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2016.11.007 svs members - REQUEST YOUR FREE Digital Guidelines LINK Can these guidelines be used in practice? User survey
Management of Diabetic Foot J Vasc Surg 2016 (February 2016 supplement) In Collaboration with American Podiatric Medical Association & Society for Vascular Medicine svs members - REQUEST YOUR FREE Digital Guidelines LINK Can these guidelines be used in practice? User survey Slides	Glycemic control for the prevention of diabetic foot syndrome Tests to predict wound healing in diabetic foot Débridement methods for chronic diabetic foot ulcers Adjunctive therapies in diabetic foot ulcers Off-loading methods for diabetic foot ulcers
Atherosclerotic Occlusive Disease of the Lower Extremities: Management of Asymptomatic Disease and Claudication J Vasc Surg 2015 svs members - REQUEST YOUR FREE Digital Guidelines LINK Can these guidelines be used in practice? User survey Slides	Screening for peripheral arterial disease in asymptomatic patients Treatment of intermittent claudication in the lower extremities
Lower Extremity Threatented Limb classification: risk stratification based on wound, ischemia, and foot infection (wifi) J Vasc Surg 2014 svs members - REQUEST YOUR FREE Digital Guidelines LINK	Global Vascular Guidelines / Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia

Topics in Development

Carotid Artery/Cerebrovascular Disease
Popliteal Artery Aneurysms
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
Varicose Veins

Archived Guidelines
Management of venous leg ulcers (2014) Early Thrombus Removal Strategies for Acute Deep Venous Thrombosis (2012) Update: management of extracranial carotid disease (2011) The care of patients with varicose veins and associated chronic venous diseases (2011) Endovascular repair of traumatic thoracic aortic injury (2011) Management of the left subclavian artery with thoracic endovascular aortic repair (2009) Surgical placement and maintenance of arteriovenous hemodialysis access (2008) Management of atherosclerotic carotid artery disease (2008)

Archived Guidelines

Management of venous leg ulcers (2014)

Early Thrombus Removal Strategies for Acute Deep Venous Thrombosis (2012)

Update: management of extracranial carotid disease (2011)

The care of patients with varicose veins and associated chronic venous diseases (2011)

Endovascular repair of traumatic thoracic aortic injury (2011)

Management of the left subclavian artery with thoracic endovascular aortic repair (2009)

Surgical placement and maintenance of arteriovenous hemodialysis access (2008)

Management of atherosclerotic carotid artery disease (2008)

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