" attended by 60 invited international experts on venous disease, wound care, internal medicine, nursing, vascular technology, epidemiology, health care management, insurance industry, public policies, marketing, industry research and development, and government relationships. Most participants were US citizens, but experts from other countries were also present. The aim of the meeting was not to provide an update on venous ulcer (VUs), but the experts used the latest results in making their recommendations for reducing the prevalence of VUs by 50% over the next 10 years. To achieve this aim, t"

Full text

"heir relation to adjacent tissues. Conventional arteriography is now replaced by noninvasive techniques, mainly the CT scan. Duplex scan provides a variety of information and confirms the diagnosis of AVM, pointing to the AV shunts by localizing the zones of shunts within the tissues, and by showing the main feeding arteries and draining veins. Flow measurement and its comparison between the limbs can also help in the determination and follow-up of hemodynamic changes. CT scan with contrast enhancement can identify precisely the zone of shunts within the tissue (intramuscular localization, int"

Full text

"bjectives were to assess the relationship between the checklist data and the patient’s quality of life evaluated using the Chronic Venous Insufficiency Questionnaire (CIVIQ), and to monitor the medium-term evolution of this relationship amongst patients prescribed a venoactive drug. Method: Consecutive patients in general practice presenting symptoms that could be ascribed to CVD were included. Patients with an advanced form of CVD, ie, skin changes and a history of venous ulcers, were excluded. Results: A total of 13131 patients were i"

Full text

"uage in vascular surgery that allows easy flow of information and comparison of results among clinicians. Beginning with current nomenclature, a common language serves as a framework for more detailed efforts. Understanding the outcome assessment tools available provides the opportunity for universal outcome reporting. Data collected at widespread points can then be fairly compared, and common goals of therapy can be determined. Common outcomes that have demonstrated verifiable trends and reproducibility should be subjected to the rigors of evidence-based questioning. The resultant standards o"

Full text

"re discussing the history of venous surgery, we thought it would be desirable to provide a short semantic and etymological review to clarify or define certain terms that we will use throughout this historical review. SEMANTIC REVIEW Etymologically the word surgery can be defined as the practice of a treatment by using one’s hands. It derives from the Greek χειρουργια (kheirourgia) χειρ (kheir) [hands] and εργον (ergon) [work]. In modern language, the word surgery is used to denote any therapeutic procedure which involves one or more cutaneous incisions, or in other wo"

Full text

"core, gives a detailed overview of phlebological terminology, concerning both anatomical and clinical nomenclature. His article clearly shows that mutual understanding is still a problem today as it has been ever since Biblical times when the Lord confounded the tongues of the people who wanted to reach heaven by building the Tower of Babel, which was never completed. Michel Perrin, Lyon, has written two fantastic overviews. One is a historical review of the development of venous surgery, starting with a terminological and anatomical introduction, from Aulus Cornelius"

Full text

"bolymphology - 2011 ; 18 (3): 130 Results of the DECIDE survey: appraisal of the predictive value for chronic venous disease of a symptom checklist F. Pitsch - Phlebolymphology - 2011 ; 18 (3): 140 Congenital arteriovenous malformations: what are the perspectives? C. Laurian - Phlebolymphology - 2011 ; 18 (3): 149 ABOUT MEETINGS, CONVENTIONS, BOOKS AND JOURNALS "

Full text