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Editor's Choice -- European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2025 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Vascular Trauma
No full textOBJECTIVE: The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has developed clinical practice guidelines for the care of patients with vascular trauma with the aim of assisting physicians in selecting the optimal management strategy.METHODS: The guidelines are based on scientific evidence completed with expert opinion. By summarising and evaluating the best available evidence, recommendations for the evaluation and treatment of patients have been formulated. The recommendations are graded according to the ESVS evidence grading system, where the strength (class) of each recommendation is graded from I to III, and the letters A to C mark the level of evidence.RESULTS: A total of 105 recommendations have been issued on the following topics: general principles for vascular trauma care and resuscitation including technical skill sets, bleeding control and restoration of perfusion, graft materials, and imaging; management of vascular trauma in the neck, thoracic aorta and thoracic outlet, abdomen, and upper and lower extremities; post-operative considerations after vascular trauma; and paediatric vascular trauma. In addition, unresolved vascular trauma issues and the patients' perspectives are discussed.CONCLUSION: The ESVS clinical practice guidelines provide the most comprehensive, up to date, evidence based advice to clinicians on the management of vascular trauma
Editor's Choice -- European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2024 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Abdominal Aorto-Iliac Artery Aneurysms
No full textOBJECTIVE: The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has developed clinical practice guidelines for the care of patients with aneurysms of the abdominal aorta and iliac arteries in succession to the 2011 and 2019 versions, with the aim of assisting physicians and patients in selecting the best management strategy. METHODS: The guideline is based on scientific evidence completed with expert opinion on the matter. By summarising and evaluating the best available evidence, recommendations for the evaluation and treatment of patients have been formulated. The recommendations are graded according to a modified European Society of Cardiology grading system, where the strength (class) of each recommendation is graded from I to III and the letters A to C mark the level of evidence. RESULTS: A total of 160 recommendations have been issued on the following topics: Service standards, including surgical volume and training; Epidemiology, diagnosis, and screening; Management of patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), including surveillance, cardiovascular risk reduction, and indication for repair; Elective AAA repair, including operative risk assessment, open and endovascular repair, and early complications; Ruptured and symptomatic AAA, including peri-operative management, such as permissive hypotension and use of aortic occlusion balloon, open and endovascular repair, and early complications, such as abdominal compartment syndrome and colonic ischaemia; Long term outcome and follow up after AAA repair, including graft infection, endoleaks and follow up routines; Management of complex AAA, including open and endovascular repair; Management of iliac artery aneurysm, including indication for repair and open and endovascular repair; and Miscellaneous aortic problems, including mycotic, inflammatory, and saccular aortic aneurysm. In addition, Shared decision making is being addressed, with supporting information for patients, and Unresolved issues are discussed. CONCLUSION: The ESVS Clinical Practice Guidelines provide the most comprehensive, up to date, and unbiased advice to clinicians and patients on the management of abdominal aorto-iliac artery aneurysms.publishersversionpublishe
Editor's Choice – Focused Update on Patients Treated with the Nellix EndoVascular Aneurysm Sealing (EVAS) System from the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Clinical Practice Guidelines
No full textObjective: After alerts on EndoVascular Aneurysm Seal (EVAS) failure were raised, the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Clinical Practice Guidelines Writing Committee (WC) initiated a task force with the aim to provide guidance on surveillance and management of patients with implanted EVAS devices. Methods: Based on a scoping review of risk for late serious aortic-related adverse events in patients treated with EVAS for AAA, the ESVS AAA Guidelines WC agreed on recommendations graded according to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) grading system. Results: EVAS has a very high incidence of late endograft migration resulting in proximal type 1 endoleak with risk of rupture, requiring open conversion with device explantation. The reported mortality rate for elective explantation varies between 0% and 14%, while acute conversion for rupture has a very dismal prognosis with a 67 – 75% mortality rate. Conclusion: It is recommended that all patients in whom a Nellix device has been implanted should be identified, properly informed, and enrolled in enhanced surveillance. If device failure is detected, early elective device explantation should be considered in surgically fit patients.Peer reviewe
Editor's Choice – Management of Descending Thoracic Aorta Diseases:Clinical Practice Guidelines of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)
No full textClinical Practice Guidelines of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) for the Management of Descending Thoracic Aorta Disease
Editor's Choice – European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Atherosclerotic Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease
No full textFunding Information: Guideline Writing Committee (GWC) members were selected by the GWC chairs and ESVS Guidelines Committee (GC) chair to represent clinicians involved in decision making in patients with atherosclerotic carotid and VA disease. The GWC comprised vascular surgeons, stroke physicians/neurologists, interventional radiologists, and interventional cardiologists (see Appendix B for specialty and institution). Views and preferences for the target population were not sought directly, but Mr Chris Macey of the Irish Heart Foundation and the Stroke Alliance for Europe collaborated in preparing section 14 (Information for Patients). GWC members provided disclosure statements regarding relationships that could be perceived as conflicts of interest (these are filed and available at ESVS headquarters via [email protected] ). GWC members received no financial support from any pharmaceutical, device, or industry body, to develop the guidelines.publishersversionpublishe
Editor's Choice - European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Antithrombotic Therapy for Vascular Diseases
No full textCorrigendum to “European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2022 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Venous Disease of the Lower Limbs. [Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg (2022) 63, 184-267]”, (S1078588421009795), (10.1016/j.ejvs.2021.12.024)
No full textPublisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s)The authors regret there was a mistake in Figure 6 and 13. In Figure 6, it should read ‘Compression’ for oedema, to include inelastic compression as well (green box); in Figure 13, the pressure at the ankle should read ‘≤ 40 mm Hg’, for small and recent onset ulcer (yellow box):[Formula presented][Formula presented] The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.publishersversionpublishe
Management of atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral artery disease: 2017 clinical practice guidelines of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)
No full textThe European Society of Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has prepared guidelines for treating patients with atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral artery (VA) disease. This does not include non-atherosclerotic conditions such as fibromuscular dysplasia, dissection, arteritis, or trauma. Potential users include vascular surgeons, neurologists, stroke physicians, angiologists, primary care physicians, cardiologists, and interventional radiologists. Guidelines promote standards of care, based on evidence; however, they should not be viewed as the legal standard of care. This document is a “guiding principle” and care given depends on the individual patient (presentation, comorbidities, age) and treatment setting (techniques available, local expertise)
Editor's Choice - European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2020 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Acute Limb Ischaemia
No full textThe European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has developed guidelines for treating patients with acute limb ischaemia (ALI). The focus on the guidelines is on lower limb acute ischaemia; however recommendations are also made on acute upper limb ischaemia. The term acute leg ischaemia is not used, in order to avoid confusion, as the same abbreviation, “ALI”, may be used. These guidelines will provide guidance for emergency physicians; vascular, cardiovascular and general surgeons; angiologists; interventional radiologists; and radiologists. The target population comprises patients with acute lower and/or upper limb ischaemia. The guidelines, which are developed by specialists in the field, promote a high standard of care (based on evidence, whenever available). Guidelines should not be viewed as a legal standard of care. This document is a guiding support, and the care given to a patient will always be dependent on the individual (symptom variability, comorbidities, age, level of activity), and treatment setting (techniques available, local circumstances, and expertise). To further underline this supportive character of the Guidelines, non-European reviewers were invited to review the document, so that it could serve doctors treating patients globally. This is also the rationale behind the decision to publish all ESVS Guidelines as free to download, and why the ESVS Guidelines app also can be downloaded free of charge from the ESVS websit
Editor's Choice - Vascular Access: 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS).
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