Galway, September 2008. 33rd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium

1.     Does the risk of Re-Amputation Justify Initial Trans-metatarsal Foot amputation (ITMA) over initial Digital Amputation (IDA)? A comparative longitudinal 5 years logistical study of ITMA Vs IDA for critical limb ischaemia (CLI) post revascularisation.

Nice, France, September 2008. European Society for Vascular Surgery 2008 Meeting.

  1. Quality-Adjusted Time Spent Without Symptoms of Disease and Toxicity of Treatment (Q-TWiST) in the Management of Refractory Non-Healing Venous Ulcers (RVU). Topical Wound Oxygen (TWO2) Versus Conventional Compression Dressings (CCD); A Parallel Observational Pivotal Study.

Cannes, France, June 2008. MEET congress Multi-disciplinary European Endovascular Therapy.

  1. Tibial Balloon Angioplasty (TBA) Vs Cool Eximer Laser Assisted Angioplasty (CELA) in Management of Infragenicular Tibial Arterial Occlusion in Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI): An Observational Parallel Group Comparative Study.

Galway, Ireland, May 2008. 6th Annual Western Vascular Institute Symposium.

  1. Advances in Ablation of the Greater Saphenous Vein in the 21st Century: Development of an Endovenous Upward Perforate Invaginate (EUPIN) Stripping Device and Procedure Based on Best Medical Practice.
  2. Preclinical Medical Device Testing and the Potential of Noninvasive Imaging.
  3. Carotid Artery Intervention in High-Risk Patients: Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS) under Neuroprotection, Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA), and Best Medical Therapy (BMT) for Symptomatic Patients with Low Grayscale Median (GSM).
  4. Contemporary Trends in Carotid Intervention: the 21st Century Approach to Carotid Endarterectomy, Carotid Artery Stenting under Neuro Protection and Optimal Medical Treatment.
  5. Subintimal Angioplasty (SIA) versus Bypass Surgery (BS) in TASC C and D Lesions in the Femoropopliteal Segment: Randomization of CLI Patients according to Plaque Echolucency: A 5-Year Prospective Study.
  6. Prevalence and Correlation of Hyperhomocysteinemia to Amputation-Free Survival (AFS), Major Adverse Events (MAE), and Mortality after Intervention for Critical Lower Limb Ischemia (CLI) in Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD).
  7. Tibial Balloon Angioplasty (TBA) versus Cool Eximer Laser–Assisted Angioplasty (CELA) in Management of Infragenicular Tibial Arterial Occlusion in Critical Lower Limb Ischemia (CLI): An Observational Parallel-Group Comparative Study.
  8. The Influence of Deliberate Practice Volume (DPV) on the Slope of the Learning Curve for Vascular Training in a Tertiary Referral Center: A Prospective Analysis.
  9. Paradigm Shift in Open Pararenal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in the Endovascular Era: 5 Years' Experience.
  10. The Role of Prostaglandin I2 Infusion in Elective Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.
  11. Continuous Autotransfusion System (C.A.T.S.) in Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: 9 Years' Experience in a Tertiary University Vascular Center.
  12. Double-Blinded Randomized Trial of Thin versus Ultrathin Dacron Patching in Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA): Short-Term Technical and Clinical Outcome.
  13. A Prospective Clinical, Economic, and Qualityof-Life Analysis Comparing Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR), Open Repair, and Best Medical Treatment in High-Risk Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Suitable for EVAR: The Irish Patient Trial.
  14. Aortouniliac versus Bifurcated Endovascular Aortic Repair: Technical Success, Secondary Intervention Rate, and Quality-Adjusted Cost Analysis.
  15. Survival Rate of Octogenarians versus Younger Patients following Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in a Tertiary Referral Center.
  16. Derivation and Validation of a Customized Risk Scoring Index for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients.
  17. A Prospective Comparative Study of Preoperative Duplex Ultrasound Arterial Mapping (DUAM), Digital-Subtraction Angiography (DSA), and Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) in Critical Lower Limb Ischemia (CLI) prior to Endovascular Revascularization (EvR): Clinical, Technical, and Economic Outcome.
  18. Last-Ditch Therapy in Unreconstructable Peripheral Arterial Disease in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia: A 4-Year Experience.
  19. Does the Stake of Reamputation Justify Initial Transmetatarsal Foot Amputation (ITMA) over Initial Digital Amputation (IDA)? A Comparative Longitudinal 5-Year Logistical Study of ITMA versus IDA for Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI) Postrevascularization.
  20. Management of Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) with Decompression and Celiac Ganglion Sympathectomy (CGS): Case Series and Literature Review.
  21. Comparison of Endovenous Upward Perforate Invaginate Stripping (EUPIS), Downward Invaginate (DIS), and High-Energy Endovenous LASER Ablation (HE-EVLA) for Varicose Veins: Factors Influencing Complication Rate, Long-Term Recurrence, Quality of Life, and Cost-Effectiveness.
  22. Early Results of Topical Wound Oxygen (TWO2) Therapy in the Management of Refractory Nonhealing Venous Ulcers (RVU): Superior Role over Conventional Compression Dressings (CCD).
  23. Recombinant Activated Factor VII (rFIIa) in Critical Vascular Surgery Bleeding: 5 Years' Experience.
  24. Scalenus Anterior Resection Assessment by Disability of Arm Shoulder and Hand (DASH) Scoring in the Management of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.
  25. Femoral Artery Access in Arterial Reconstructive Surgery: How to Minimize Groin Infection: 5-Year Results.
  26. Contemporary Measures to Reduce Surgical Site Infection Rates.

Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2008, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery 36th Annual Symposium.

  1. Subintimal Angioplasty (SIA) versus Bypass for Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI) in Patients with TASC C and D Lesions. 5-year Result.
  2. Quality-Time spent Without Symptoms or Toxicity (Q-TWiST) and cost-effectiveness of Endovenous Laser therapy (EVLT) Vs conventional level II sapheno-femoral junction ligation (SFJ) and LSV Stripping (OLS) for primary Varicose Veins (VVS). A prospective Pivotal Study.

Denver, Colorado, USA, February 2008, Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society Winter Meeting

  1. The Role of Prostaglandin I2 Infusion in Elective Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.
  2. Subintimal Angioplasty (SIA) vs Bypass Surgery (BS) for Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia in Patients with TASC C and D Lesions: 5-year Prospective Observational Comparative Study.

Hollywood, Florida, January 2008. International Society of Endovascular Therapy, ISET 2008

  1. Subintimal Angioplasty (SIA) vs Bypass for Critical Lower Limb Ischemia in Patients with TASC C and D Lesions: 5-Year Result.
  2. Prevalence and Correlation of Hyperhomocysteinemia to Amputation Free Survival (AFS), Major Adverse Events (MAE) and Mortality after Intervention for Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI) in Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD).
  3. Derivation and Validation of a Customized Risk Scoring Index for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients.

New York, USA, November 2008. VEITHsymposium, 35th Annual Symposium on Vascular and Endovascular Issues

  1. EVAR II Is Misleading: Patients Unfit For Open Repair Can Undergo EVAR With Improved Survival And Quality Of Life At An Acceptable
  2. Subintimal Angioplasty vs. Bypass for Critical Lower Limb Ischemia In Patients With TASC C And D Lesions: 5-Year Comparative Results.
  3. Treatment Of Carotid Disease In High Risk Patients: CEA vs. CAS vs. Best Medical Treatment: Results Of A Prospective Observational Study.

Milan, Italy, October 2008. 9th International Vascular and Endovascular Course (IVEC):  Emerging Technologies, New Achievements and Future Perspectives in Endovascular Interventions/2nd European Congress of the International Society for Vascular Surgery (ISVS)

  1. Comparison of Endovenous Upward Perforate Invaginate Stripping (EUPIS), Downward Invaginate (DIS) and High-energy Endovenous LASER Ablation (HE-EVLA) for Varicose Veins: Factors Influencing Complication Rate, Long-term Recurrence, Quality of Life and Cost-effectiveness
  2. 21st Century Management of Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI) in the Femoro-Popliteal Segment. Randomization of CLI Patients With TASC C and D Lesions to SubintimalAngioplasty (SIA) or Bypass Surgery (BS) in Accordance to Plaque Echolucency: 5-year Irish Trial
  3. Cool Excimer Laser Assisted Angioplasty (CELA) Vs Tibial Balloon Angioplasty (TBA) in Management of Infragenicular Tibial Arterial Occlusion in Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI) TASC DE A Pivotal Observational Analogy  Congregate Proportional Analysis 0ver 36 months. Six L Trial
  4. A Prospective Clinical, Economic, Quality of Life Analysis and Propensity Score Analysis of Open REPAIR (OR), Endovascular Repair (EVAR) and Best Medical Treatment (BMT) in High-Risk Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) Suitable for EVAR.

Dublin, February 2008, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Charter Day

Pulmonary Embolism: The IVC saga.

Posters

Nice, France, September 2008. European Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Annual Meeting

1.     Contemporary Management of Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI) in the femoro-popliteal segment. Randomization of CLI Patients with TASC C and D lesions to Subintimal Angioplasty (SIA) or Bypass surgery (BS) in concurrence to plaque echolucency: 5-year Irish Trial.

Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2008, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery 36th Annual Symposium.

2.     A prospective comparative study of pre-operative Duplex Ultrasound Arterial Mapping (DUAM), Digital-Subtraction Angiography (DSA) and Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) in Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI) prior to Endovascular Revascularization (EvR).Clinical, Technical and Economic outcome.

Washington DC, Maryland, February 2008. Cardiovascular Revascularization Therapies, CRT 2008

3.     Carotid Artery Intervention In High-risk Patients; A Prospective Parallel Group Observational Study Of Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS) Under Neuro-protection, Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) And Best Medical Therapy (BMT).

4.     Paradigm Shift in Management Of Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI) In The 21St Century. Randomization Of CLI Patients With TASC C And D Lesions To Subintimal Angioplasty (SIA) Or Bypass Surgery (BS) In Concurrence To Plaque Echolucency In The Femoro-popliteal Segment. The 5-year Irish Trial.

Hollywood, Florida, January 2008. International Society of Endovascular Therapy, ISET 2008

5.     Subintimal Angioplasty (SIA) vs Bypass for Critical Lower Limb Ischemia in Patients with TASC C and D Lesions: 5-Year Result.

6.     Prevalence and Correlation of Hyperhomocysteinemia to Amputation Free Survival (AFS), Major Adverse Events (MAE) and Mortality after Intervention for Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI) in Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD).

7.     Derivation and Validation of a Customized Risk Scoring Index for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients.

8.     A Prospective Comparative Study of Pre-Operative Duplex Ultrasound Arterial Mapping (DUAM), Digital-Subtraction Angiography (DSA) and Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) in Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI) Prior to Endovascular Revascularization (EvR).Clinical, Technical and Economic Outcome.

9.     Quality-Time Spent without Symptoms or Toxicity (Q-TWiST) and Cost-Effectiveness of Endovenous Laser Therapy (EVLT) vs Conventional Level II Sapheno-Femoral Junction Ligation (SFJ) and LSV Stripping (OLS) for Primary Varicose Veins (VVS). A Prospective Pivotal Study.

Management of Severe Carotid Artery Disease in High-Risk Patients; a Prospective Observational Parallel Group Study of Carotid Artery Stenting with Neuro-Protection (CAST), Carotid Endarterectomy with Patching (CEA) and Best Medical Treatment.