Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the American Venous Forum, Cancun, Mexico

Clinical Research Studies from the American Venous Forum  

Clinical Research Studies from the American Venous Forum

Presidential address: Venous surgery—from stepchild to equal partner
Peter Gloviczki, MD
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Venous outflow obstruction: An underestimated contributor to chronic venous disease
Peter Neglén, MD, PhD, Tara L. Thrasher, BS, Seshadri Raju, MD
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Signs and symptoms of saphenous nerve injury after greater saphenous vein stripping: Prevalence, severity, and relevance for modern practice
Charles Morrison, MD, Michael C. Dalsing, MD
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Treatment of superficial and perforator venous incompetence without deep venous insufficiency: Is routine perforator ligation necessary?
Robert R. Mendes, MD, William A. Marston, MD, Mark A. Farber, MD, Blair A. Keagy, MD
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Microthrombectomy reduces postsclerotherapy pigmentation: Multicenter randomized trial
Anke H. Scultetus, MD, J. Leonel Villavicencio, MD, Tzu-Cheg Kao, PhD, David L. Gillespie, MD, Gary D. Ketron, MD, Mark D. Iafrati, MD, Emmanouil Pikoulis, MD, Sandra Eifert, MD
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The prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia, methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase C677T mutation, and vitamin B12 and folate deficiency in patients with chronic venous insufficiency
Rachel C. Sam, MB ChB, MA, MRCS, Paul J. Burns, Simon D. Hobbs, BMedSc, MRCS, Tim Marshall, MSc, Antonius B. M. Wilmink, MPhil, MD, FRCS, Stanley H. Silverman, MD, FRCS, Andrew W. Bradbury, BSc, MD, FRCSEd
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Evaluating chronic venous disease with a new venous severity scoring system
Michael A. Ricci, MD, Joseph Emmerich, MD, PhD, Peter W. Callas, PhD, Frits R. Rosendaal, MD, Andrew C. Stanley, MD, Shelly Naud, PhD, Carla Vossen, MSc, Edwin G. Bovill, MD
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The management and outcome of acute venous thromboembolism: A prospective registry including 4011 patients
Juan I. Arcelus, MD, PhD, Joseph A. Caprini, MD, Manuel Monreal, MD, PhD, Carmen Suárez, MD, PhD, José González-Fajardo, MD, PhD
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Deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis in trauma: Improved compliance with a novel miniaturized pneumatic compression device
Maki Murakami, MD, Tandace L. McDill, RN, MA, Lori Cindrick-Pounds, MD, David B. Loran, MD, Kenneth J. Woodside, MD, William J. Mileski, MD, Glenn C. Hunter, MD, Lois A. Killewich, MD, PhD
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Selective venography versus nonselective venography before vena cava filter placement: Evidence for more, not less
Jeffrey S. Danetz, MD, Robert B. McLafferty, MD, Juan Ayerdi, MD, Laura A. Gruneiro, MD, Don E. Ramsey, MD, Kim J. Hodgson, MD
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L-arginine improves endothelial vasoreactivity and reduces thrombogenicity after thrombolysis in experimental deep venous thrombosis
Peter H. Lin, MD, Chris K. Johnson, MD, Jennifer K. Pullium, DVM, Ruth L. Bush, MD, Brian S. Conklin, PhD, Changyi Chen, MD, PhD, Alan B. Lumsden, MD
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Systematic review of outcomes after surgical management of venous disease incorporating subfascial endoscopic perforator surgery
John A. TenBrook, Jr, MD, Mark D. Iafrati, MD, Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr, MD, Michael P. Wolf, MD, Stuart N. Hoffman, DO, Stephen G. Pauker, MD, Joseph Lau, MD, John B. Wong, MD
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