Translating Guidelines into Practice: Management of Patients with Varicose Veins of the Lower Extremities. PART II

Free Virtual Roundtable Panel Session

Organized by the Society for Vascular Surgery, the American Venous Forum and the American Vein and Lymphatic Society

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• Moderators and Faculty
• Target Audience
• Learning Objectives
• Description
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Moderators and Faculty

Peter Gloviczki, MD, PhD Joe M. and Ruth Roberts Emeritus Professor of Surgery Mayo Clinic  Rochester, Minnesota  Moderator	Peter F. Lawrence, MD Professor of Surgery David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Emeritus Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Gonda Vascular Center Los Angeles, California  Faculty & Moderator
Suman M. Wasan, MD, MS, PharmD Vascular Medicine Physician Garner, North Carolina  Faculty & Moderator	Jose Almedia, MD Vascular Surgeon, Miami Vein Center Miami, Floridia  Faculty
Monika Gloviczki, MD, PhD Research Fellow, Emertius, Mayo Clinic Gonda Vascular Center Rochester, Minnesota  Faculty	Mark H. Meissner, MD Peter Gloviczki Professor Venous and Lymphatic Disease University of Washington Seattle, Washington Faculty
Andrea T. Obi, MD Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery University of Michigan Ann Habor, Michigan Faculty

Target Audience 

Vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists and cardiologists, dermatologists, phlebologists, vein and lymphatic disease specialists, vascular medicine physicians, residents and trainees in these disciplines, physicians and non-physician clinicians (e.g., nurse practitioners and physician assistants), working in the United States and abroad, who are involved in the management or research of patients with varicose veins of the lower extremities.

Learning Objectives:

1. To present the latest clinical practice guidelines for the management of patients with varicose veins, based on systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the available scientific evidence.
2. To analyze results of percutaneous venous ablation procedures
3. To discuss the role of adjuvant medical treatment, compression therapy and open surgery for treatment of symptomatic varicose veins.
4. To compare outcomes after concomitant vs staged interventions for the treatment of saphenous incompetence and symptomatic varicose veins.

Description:

This session will be helpful in expanding physician knowledge base and improving clinical confidence and effectiveness in treating patients with varicose veins. The session will address the latest guidelines in the diagnostic evaluation of patients with varicose veins, using duplex scanning. It will also cover adjuvant medical treatment with available nutritional supplements, compression therapy, open surgical and percutaneous endovenous therapies for lower extremity varicosities, including thermal and non-thermal ablations of the great, small and accessory saphenous veins. The treatment of thrombotic complications of venous interventions and superficial thrombophlebitis as well as concomitant or staged treatment of varicose tributaries with sclerotherapy or mini-phlebectomy will also be discussed.

The faculty will use case vignettes to design treatment strategies and demonstrate how to put the recommendations from the evidence-based clinical practice guidelines into practice.  A short survey will be conducted before and after the session, and a follow-up survey will follow 60 days later to gauge and evaluate if the guidelines were easy to translate into daily clinical practice.

Schedule