SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Wednesday, September 14 __________________________________________________________________________ 09.00 – 13.10 Aquarius + Taurus UIP Preconference AT1.1 AT1.1-1 Parsi Kurosh: UPDATE – CURRICULUM IN PHLEBOLOGY AT1.1-2 Lee B.B.: UPDATE - PRIMARY LYMPHEDEMA AT1.1-3 Parsi Kurosh: UPDATE - VENOUS MALFORMATION (C1-6 Ec As,d,p Pr,o) AT1.1-4 Genetic issue (Michelini S.) DLT based on compression therapy (Partsch H. / Damstra R.) Perspective on Edema – venous vs and lymphatic edema (Mortimer P.) Update in Lymphatic Microsurgery (Boccardo F. & Campisi C.) Lipedema as D.D. (Szolnoky G.) Foam Therapy (Lee B.B.) Laser Therapie (Parsi K.) Free Standing VM versus VM combined with other CVMs (KTS, PWS) (Matassi R.) Parsi Kurosh: POSTTHROMBOTIC SYNDROME AT1.1-5 Cornu-Thénard André: VENOUS EDEMA AND SKIN CHANGES (C3/C4) _______________________________________________________________________________________ AT1.1-6 Gloviczki Peter: VARICOSE VEINS INCL. TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR VARICOSE VEINS (SURGERY, ENDOVENOUS PROCEDURES, SCLEROTHERAPY) (C2) AT1.1-7 Perrin Michel: RECURRENT VARICOSE VEINS AFTER TREATMENT AT1.1-8 Benigni Jean-Patrick: VENOUS SYMPTOMS, TELANGIECTASES AND RETICULAR VEINS AT1.1-9 Cornu-Thénard André: CORONA PHLEBECTATICA AT1.1-10 De Maeseneer Marianne: UPDATE - CLASSIFICATION OF DUPLEX FINDINGS AFTER TREATMENT OF SAPHENOUS VARICOSE VEINS _______________________________________________________________________________________ 18.30 – 20.00 Opening ceremony Zenit + Nadir 20.00 – 21.30 Welcome cocktail / Opening of exhibition Congress foyer + Meridian 1 Thursday, September 15 __________________________________________________________________________ 09.00 – 11.00 Zenit + Nadir UIP News and Prices ZN2.1 Chairpersons: Rabe E. – Scuderi A. ZN2.1-1 Report of the UIP – President (Rabe Eberhard) ZN2.1-2 Reports of the recently published UIP consensus documents ZN2.1-3 Training curriculum in phlebology (Parsi K.) Primary lymphedema as a lymphatic malformation (Lee B.B.) Venous malformation (Lee B.B.) Classification of Duplex findings after treatment of saphenous varicose veins (De Maeseneer M.) Deep venous insufficiency (Lurie F.) Reports of the UIP Price Winners 2009 and 2011 Bauerfeind Phlebology Award Winner of 2009 Kornelia Böhler : Kompressionstherapie bei oberflächlicher Phlebitis (SVTP) Winner of 2011 Kreussler Young Scientists’ Sclerotherapy Award Winner of 2009 Nina Tetsch: Catheter-directed foam sclerotherapy of varicose veins under tumescence anesthesia Winner of 2011 Servier Research Fellowship Winner of 2009 Anwar Ahmad: Reduced expression of fragment DII-III of soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR) predicts venous ulcers that fail to heal Winner of 2011 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break at the Congress foyer and Meridian room _______________________________________________________________________________________ 11.30 – 13.00 Zenit + Nadir Keynote lectures ZN2.2 Chairperson: Strejček J. ZN 2.2-1 Ramelet A.A.: VENOACTIVE DRUGS ZN 2.2-2 Kašpar Svatopluk: CROSSECTOMY DURING ENDOVENOUS THERAPY OF VARICOSE VEINS – YES OR NOT? ZN 2.2-3 Malouf Mark: THE INTEGRATION AND BETTER UTILISATION OF MODERN VARICOSE VEINS TREATMENTS AND TECHNOLOGIES WILL IMPROVE OUTCOMES 2 14.00 – 16.00 Zenit + Nadir Free paper session: Examination methods in chronic venous disease ZN2.3 Chairpersons: Passariello F. – Obermayer A. ZN2.3-1 Passariello Fausto: MEDIAL AND LATERAL CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL VEINS AND GSV INCOMPETENCE ZN2.3-2 Thapar Ankur: SUMMATION ANALYSIS OF DUPLEX ULTRASOUND FINDINGS IN CCSVI ZN2.3-3 Stuckey Charles: DILEMMA - WHICH VEIN DO I TREAT FIRST ZN2.3-4 Segura Jorge: ANGIOGENIC PHENOMENON DETECTED WITH ECODOPPLER COLOR ZN2.3-5 Obermayer Alfred: HEMODYNAMICAL DIFFERENCES OF INSUFFICIENT GREAT AND SMALL SAPHENOUS VEINS. A MULTI-CENTER STUDY ZN2.3-6 Hovorka John: BIOIMPEDANCE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF VENOUS AND LYMPHATIC DISORDERS ZN2.3-7 Grozdinski Lachezar: DIAGNOSTIC AND ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF CHRONIC CEREBRO-SPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY (CCSVI) ZN2.3-8 Figueiredo Joana: VENOUS REFLUX PATTERNS DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO THE VEINTERM CONSENSUS CLASSIFICATION ZN2.3-9 Reichelt Antonio Carlos: SEVERE SKIN REACTION AFTER AN ECOCOLORDOPPLER EXAMINATION ZN2.3-10 Uhl Jean-Francois: VENO-CT TO INVESTIGATE VARICOSE PATIENTS: CURRENT TECHNIQUE INDICATIONS AND RESULTS ZN2.3-11 Cornu-Thénard André: IS THE MAXIMUM DIAMETER OF A VARICOSE VEIN COULD BE USED AS A TOOL TO COMPARE THE RESULTS OF CURATIVE TREATMENTS? _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14.00 – 16.00 Tycho + Keppler Sclerotherapy I TK2.4 Chairperson: Breu F. X. TK2.4-1 Parsi Kurosh: INTERACTION OF DETERGENT SCLEROSANTS WITH THE COAGULATION – ANTITHROMBOTIC AND FIBRINOLYTIC MECHANISM TK2.4-2 Coleridge-Smith Philip: FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY - A CRITICAL REVIEW OF ITS EFFICACY TK2.4-3 Cavezzi Attilio: ASSESSMENT OF POSSIBLE INNOVATIONS IN FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY TK2.4-4 Morrison Nick: FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY - MYTHS AND REALITIES TK2.4-5 Gillet Jean-Luc: SIDE EFFECTS OF FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY OF SAPHENOUS VEIN: 3 A CONTROLLED MULTICENTER PROSPECTIVE STUDY INCLUDING 1025 PATIENTS TK2.4-6 Breu Franz Xaver: CO2-O2-GASES IN FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY - THE FIRST EXPERIENCES IN GERMANY _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14.00 – 15.30 Leo + Virgo Free paper session: Compression therapy LV2.5 Chairpersons: Malouf M. – Ragg J. C. LV2.5-1 Uhl Jean-Francois: A WRONG DOGMA IN COMPRESSION THERAPY: LOW PRESSURE FOR SUPERFICIAL VEINS, STRONG PRESSURE FOR DEEP VEINS LV2.5-2 Cornu-Thénard André: EDEMA REDUCTION BY ELASTIC STOCKINGS, A TECHNIQUE USED SINCE 1985 LV2.5-3 Benigni Jean-Patrick: INCREASED STIFFNESS COMPRESSION STOCKINGS LV2.5-4 Uhl Jean-Francois: EVALUATION OF SYMPTOMS IN CVD PATIENTS WITH FOOT STATIC DISORDERS: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY LV2.5-5 Vega Fernando: PRESSURE AND COMPRESSION, DIFFERENT CONCEPTS LV2.5-6 Benigni Jean-Patrick: FRENCH OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MEDICAL COMPRESSION LV2.5-7 Ragg Johann C.: FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH A NEW COMPRESSION MODALITY (PhleboPress®) LV2.5-8 Benigni Jean-Patrick: EFFICIENCY ON PAIN REDUCTION OF A THIGH PAD UNDER ELASTIC COMPRESSION AFTER STRIPPING OF THE GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN: RESULTS OF A CASECONTROL STUDY _______________________________________________________________________________________ 15.00 – 17.00 Aquarius + Taurus Sigvaris Symposium AT2.6 _______________________________________________________________________________________ 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break at the Congress foyer and Meridian room _______________________________________________________________________________________ 16.30 – 18.30 Zenit + Nadir Free paper session: Varicose veins surgery ZN2.7 Chairpersons: Ramelet A. A. – Veverková L. ZN2.7-1 Veverková Lenka: FAILURE METHODS TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS ZN2.7-2 Vellettaz Ruben: ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF EVLT 4 ZN2.7-3 Ciubotaru Valerian: VANST - A DIFFERENT APPROACH IN AESTHETIC PHLEBOLOGY ZN2.7-4 Bihari Imre: A CZECH INVENTION FOR PHLEBOLOGY: THE SAW-KNIFE. OUR MODIFICATIONS AND RESULTS ZN2.7-5 Sritharan Kaji: PATIENTS HAVE A POOR UNDERSTANDING OF THE RISKS & BENEFITS OF VARICOSE VEIN TREATMENT ZN2.7-6 Radu D.: ESTHETIC PROCEDURES IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE INFERIOR LIMB VARICES ZN2.7-7 Mestres Sales J. M.: VALUATION OF POSTOPERATIVE PAIN IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING VARICOSE VEINS STRIPPING VERSUS RADIOFRECUENCY ZN2.7-8 Haruta Noaki: METHODS OF OUR SIMPLIFIED SEPS (SUBCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC PERFORAIONG VEINS SURGERY) WITH THE USE OF EndoTIP® CANNULA - DIFFERENCES FROM THE ORIGINAL GLOVICZKI’S METHOD ZN2.7-9 Ciubotaru Valerian: THE AMBULATORY SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE VARICOSE VEINS THROMBOPHLEBITIS ZN2.7-10 Camilli Daniele: THE VENOUS STRETCHING VALVULOPLASTY: RESULTS IN THE FIRST SERIES OF 32 CASES ZN2.7-11 Ciubotaru Valerian: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT DIFFICULTIES IN THE ASSOCIATION OF THE SAPHENO-POPLITEAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY WITH THE INSUFFICIENCY OF THE OBLIQUE COMMUNICATING VEIN OF THE CALF ZN2.7-12 Belentsov Sergey: SMALL SAPHENOUS VEIN INCOMPETENCE: WHAT IS THE PREFERABLE METHOD OF TREATMENT? _______________________________________________________________________________________ 16.30 – 18.00 Tycho + Keppler Servier satellite symposium – Making sense of venous pain TK2.8 Chairpersons: Scuderi A. – Strejček J. TK2.8-1 Scuderi Angelo: INTRODUCTION TK2.8-2 Rabe Eberhard: VENOUS PAIN: A SIGNAL OF THINGS TO COME TK2.8-3 Danziger Nicolas: WHY VENOUS PAIN IS SO SPECIFIC TK2.8-4 Bouskela Eliete: IS THE MICROCIRCULATION IMPLICATED IN VENOUS PAIN? TK2.8-5 Nicolaides Andrew: BENEFITS OF DAFLON 500 MG IN REDUCING VENOUS PAIN AND SYMPTOMS TK2.8-6 Strejček Jaroslav: CONCLUSION _______________________________________________________________________________________ 5 16.30 – 18.30 Leo + Virgo Session of Latinoamerican societies – Surgery, foam sclerotherapy or endovascular ablation What’s your choice in the management of superficial venous insufficiency? LV2.9 Presidents of honour: Scuderi Angelo / Rosli Never Presidents: Andoniades Osvaldo / Tkach Eduardo Moderators: Schapira Armando / Lesnik David Secretaries: Ramírez Cadena Cuauhtémoc / Roca Sergio Panel Members: Balboni Daniel, Pedrazzoli Alejandro, Igarzábal Carlos, Guzman Angel, González Zhe Rodrigo, Chunga Chunga Juan, Vega Rasgado Fernando, Ulloa Dominguez Jorge, Intriago Giler Ernesto, Martínez Granado Alberto, Canata Benitez Victor _______________________________________________________________________________________ Friday, September 16th __________________________________________________________________________ 09.00 – 11.00 Zenit + Nadir Keynote lectures ZN3.1 Chairperon: Fronek H. ZN3.1-1 Proebstle Thomas: 10 YEARS OF ENDOTHERMAL VEIN ABLATION - LATEST ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES ZN3.1-2 Allegra Claudio: FROM FLAVANOIDS TO BIOFLAVANOIDS ZN3.1-3 Vasquez Michael A.: REVISION OF THE VENOUS CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE: VENOUS OUTCOMES CONSENSUS STATEMENT SPECIAL COMMUNICATION OF THE AMERICAN VENOUS FORUM AD HOC OUTCOMES WORKING GROUP _______________________________________________________________________________________ 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break at the Congress foyer and Meridian room _______________________________________________________________________________________ 11.30 – 13.00 Zenit + Nadir Free paper session: Radiofrequency in the treatment of varicose veins ZN3.2 Chairpersons: Proebstle T. – Marušiak J. ZN3.2-1 Stuckey Charles: ENDOVENOUS RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION - A FOUR YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH THE ClosureFast CATHETER 6 ZN3.2-2 Delbridge Michael: APPLICATION OF HIGHER ENERGY DURING RFITT USING THE OLYMPUS CELON SYSTEM BY USING A SLOWER PULL-BACK SPEEDS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGHER COMPLICATION RATE ZN3.2-3 Belentsov Sergey: RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF SAPHENOUS TRUNKS WITH THE CLOSUREFAST CATHETER, IMMEDIATE RESULTS AND FOLLOW-UP ZN3.2-4 Marušiak Jan: RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF GSV AS A PART OF THE THERAPY OF CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFICIENCY ZN3.2-5 Proebstle Thomas: CYANOACRYLATE SUPER-GLUE GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN ABLATION: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A FIRST-IN-MAN FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A NO-COMPRESSION-NOLOCAL-ANESTHESIA TECHNIQUE ZN3.2-6 Milleret Rene: HOW CAN WE EVALUATE LATE RESULTS OF ENDOVENOUS TREATMENTS? ZN3.2-7 Uhl Jean-Francois: CELON: A NEW RADIO FREQUENCY TECHNIQUE FOR THERMICAL ABLATION OF THE GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN: MULTICENTER PROSPECTIVE STUDY ABOUT 100 CASES: 2 Y RESULTS ZN3.2-8 Delbridge Michael: VEIN OCCLUSION RATES AFTER RADIOFREQENCY (RFITT) USING THE OLYMPUS CELON SYSTEM DEPEND ON THE ENERGY DELIVERED ZN3.2-9 Žernovický František jr.: FAST CLOSURE + INTERNAL PERIVASCULAR COMPRESSION = PUSHING THE LIMITS FOR MINIINVASIVE SURGERY OF VARICOSE VEINS _______________________________________________________________________________________ 11.30 – 13.00 Tycho + Keppler Free paper session: Lymphology TK3.3 Chairpersons: Cornu-Thénard A. – Michelini S. TK3.3-1 Passariello Fausto: GRAIN MEASURES IN THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX TK3.3-2 Michelini Sandro: OUR EXPERIENCE ON LIPOLYMPHEDEMA TK3.3-3 Myshentsev P.: THE FIRST EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION OF GRAVITATION INFLUENCE DURING THE COMPLEX TREATMENT OF PATIENTS DISEASED BY LYMPHEDEMA OF LOWER EXTREMITIES TK3.3-4 Mateřánková Alexandra: HOW TO COPE WITH SECONDARY LYMPHOEDEMA, RECURRING ERYSIPELAS, LYMPHORRHOEA? TK3.3-5 Cornu-Thénard André: ELEPHANTIASIS IN BURKINA-FASO: WHAT DO WE HAVE DONE? TK3.3-6 Passariello Fausto: THE ULTRASOUND INTERNAL VOLUMETRY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF LYMPHEDEMA TK3.3-7 Michelini Sandro: GENETIC AND CLINICAL STUDY OF ITALIAN FAMILIES WITH PRIMARY LYMPHEDEMA _______________________________________________________________________________________ 7 11.30 – 13.00 Aquarius + Taurus Free paper session: Venous leg ulcers AT3.4 Chairpersons: Begnini J. - P. – Pospíšilová A. AT3.4-1 Sugawara Hiromitsu: USEFULNESS OF THREE-PORT SYSTEM SUBFASCIAL ENDOSCOPIC PERFORATING VEIN SURGERY USING CURVED FORCEPS AT3.4-2 Žernovický František: RECURRENT LEG ULCERS AT3.4-3 Benigni Jean-Patrick: NON-HEALING VENOUS ULCERS : USE AND EFFICIENCY OF VAROLAST BANDAGING WITHOUT WOUND DRESSINGS AT3.4-4 Zelenková Hana: MOST COMMON MISTAKES IN THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC ULCERATIONS AT3.4-5 Stojiljkovic Vladimir: RISK FACTORS RELATED TO THE FAILURE OF VENOUS LEG ULCERS TO HEAL WITH COMPRESSION TREATMENT AT3.4-6 Peric Dejan: THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT SUB-BANDAGE PRESSURE VALUES ON VENOUS LEG ULCERS HEALING WHEN TREATED WITH COMPRESSION THERAPY AT3.4-7 Hnátek Lukáš: THE FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY – A SAFE AND FAST INTERVENTION FOR ACCELERATION OF VENOUS ULCER HEALING AT3.4-8 Benigni Jean-Patrick: COMPRESSION STOCKINGS FOR TREATING VENOUS LEG ULCERS AT3.4-9 Stuckey Charles: INCOMOPETENT PERFORATORS - THE UNSEEN VILLAIN _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14.00 – 16.00 Zenit + Nadir Free paper session: Sclerotherapy II ZN3.5 Chairpersons: Raymond-Martimbeau P. – Frullini A. ZN3.5-1 Vega Fernando: ADVANTAGES OF SCLEROSIS WITH FOAM OF POLIDOCANOL PREPARED WITH OXYGEN ZN3.5-2 Ulloa Jorge H.: COMPARISON OF FOAM STABILITY OF NOVEL SCLEROSING AGENT LAPIDIUM CLORHYDRATE WITH TRADITIONAL POLIDOCANOL FOAM USING REAL TIME VIDEO ASSISTED MEASUREMENT ZN3.5-3 Tellings Sarah: POLIDOCANOL CONCENTRATION AND TIME AFFECT THE PROPERTIES OF FOAM USED FOR SCLEROTHERAPY ZN3.5-4 Sommer Anja: ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY VS SURGERY FOR THE INCOMPETENT GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL ZN3.5-5 Raymond-Martimbeau Pauline: FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO AIR EMBOLISMS 8 ZN3.5-6 Ragg Johann C.: 3D REAL TIME IMAGES OF FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY: FIRST IMPRESSIONS ZN3.5-7 Passariello Fausto: STS AND POL FRACTAL DIMENSION. AN UNIQUE GEOMETRICAL MODEL FOR THE SCLEROSING FOAM ZN3.5-8 Hiller Heinz: MANAGEMENT OF LARGE DIAMETER VEINS AND COMPLEX VENOUS ULCERS WITH 1 % LAPIDIUM CHLORHYDRATE FOAM THERAPY ZN3.5-9 Frullini Alessandro: ENDOTHELIN RELEASE AFTER FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY ZN3.5-10 Fattahi Khalil: FOAM WASHOUT SCLEROTHERAPY A NEW METHOD GEARED TOWARD REDICUNG RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CURRENT REGULAR FOAM SCLEROTEHRAPY ZN3.5-11 Cavezzi Attilio: POSSIBLE INNOVATIONS IN FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY: EXPERIMENTAL DATA AND PRELIMINARY FINDINGS _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14.00 – 16.00 Tycho + Keppler Symposium supported by medi – Compression therapy in chronic oedema exciting new aspects TK3.6 Chairpersons: Strejček J. – Partsch H. TK3.6-1 Rabe Eberhard: PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE OF LEG OEDEMA IN ADULTS TK3.6-2 Mortimer Peter: REDUCTION OF LEG OEDEMA BY COMPRESSION - STARLINGS EQUILIBRIUM REVISITED TK3.6-3 Olszewski Waldemar: EFFECT OF COMPRESSION ON LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE TK3.6-4 Damstra Robert: WHICH PRESSURE IS NEEDED TO REDUCE LYMPHOEDEMA? TK3.6-5 Mosti Giovanni: REDUCTION OF LEG OEDEMA BY COMPRESSION STOCKINGS EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS TK3.6-6 Morrison Nick: COMPRESSION STOCKINGS IN A HOT ENVIRONMENT TK3.6-7 Benigni Jean-Patrick: COMPRESSION HOSIERY: FUTURE ASPECTS _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14.00 – 16.00 Aquarius + Taurus XXXXVIth Czech phlebological day AT3.7 Chairpersons: Karadzos G. – Mazuch J. AT3.7-1 Karadzos Georgios: VENOFARMAKA AT3.7-2 Pospíšilová Alena: SOUČASNÉ TRENDY V MÍSTNÍ TERAPII BÉRCOVÝCH VŘEDŮ AT3.7-3 Frankovičová Mária: CHRONICKÉ VENÓZNE OCHORENIE 9 AT3.7-4 Karadzos Georgios: IATROGENNÍ TRAUMATA TEPEN AT3.7-5 Mazuch Július: SURGICAL TREATMENT OF EXTREME VARICES OF LOWER EXTREMITIES WITH SEVER CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY AND THE TROPHIC CHANGES AFTER MORBID OBESITY AT3.7-6 Karadzos Georgios: LUXACE KOLENNÍHO KLOUBU PO TEP A DISEKCE AP _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14.00 – 16.00 Leo + Virgo Symposium in cooperation with Central European Vascular Forum LV3.8 Chairperson: Allegra C. LV3.8-1 Allegra Claudio: SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS: THROMBOEMBOLISM RISK LV3.8-2 Štvrtinová Viera: SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS: CEVF CONSENSUS PROPOSAL FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT LV3.8-3 Džupina Andrej: TREATMENT OF SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS IN SLOVAK REPUBLIK, REGISTER LV3.8-4 Hirmerová Jana: SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS, ANTICOAGULATION ANS CALISTO TRIAL - FINALLY A PIECE OF EVIDENCE? _______________________________________________________________________________________ 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break at the Congress foyer and Meridian room _______________________________________________________________________________________ 16.30 – 18.00 Zenit + Nadir Free paper session: Sclerotherapy III ZN3.9 Chairpersons: Cavezzi A. – Parsi K. ZN3.9-1 King Ted: TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENT WITH ENDOVENOUS THERMAL ABLATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY ZN3.9-2 Žernovický František jr.: IRRIGATION SCLEROTHERAPY – A NEW POSSIBILITY ZN3.9-3 Parsi Kurosh: LOW CONCENTRATION DETERGENT SCLEROSANTS INDUCE PLATELET ACTIVATION BUT INHIBIT AGGREGATION IN VITRO ZN3.9-4 Valsamis Marios: SOFT SCLEROTHERAPY OF THE HAND VEINS ZN3.9-5 Stenson Katherine: CLARIVEIN - A NOVEL TREATMENT FOR VENOUS INCOMPETENCE ZN3.9-6 Reichelt Antonio Carlos: SEVERE DRUG-INDUCED SKIN REACTION AFTER SCLEROTHERAPY ZN3.9-7 Mikadze Igor: SCLEROSING EFFECT ON VARICOSE VEINS OF ANY SIZE IN ANY STAGE OF CVI ZN3.9-8 Guggenbichler S.: GERMAN REGISTRY ABOUT SCLEROTHERAPY OF LEG VARICES 10 ZN3.9-9 Parsi Kurosh: IN VITRO EFFECTS OF DETERGENT SCLEROSANTS ON CLOT FORMATION AND LYSIS _______________________________________________________________________________________ 16.30 – 18.30 Tycho + Keppler Session on Vein Consult Programme – Vein Consult Program, results from the first 70 000 screened patients TK.3.10 Chairpersons: Rabe E. – Guex J. J. TK3.10-1 Rabe Eberhard: INTRODUCTION TK3.10-2 Rabe Eberhard: OBJECTIVE AND METHODS OF THE VEIN CONSULT PROGRAM TK3.10-3 Puskas Attila: CLINICAL RESULTS FROM THE FIRST 13 COUNTRIES TK3.10-4 Mansilha Armando: THE IMPACT OF LEG PROBLEMS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE COSTS OF VENOUS DISEASE TK3.10-5 Fernandez Quesada Fidel: RESULTS DRAWN FROM THE VENOUS SPECIALISTS TK3.10-6 Guex Jean-Jérôme: CONCLUSION _______________________________________________________________________________________ 16.30 – 18.00 Aquarius + Taurus Endovenous ablation of saphenous veins AT3.11 Chairmen: Proebstle T. – Strejček J. AT3.11-1 Strejček Jaroslav: RFITT FOR SAPHENOUS ABLATION AT3.11-2 Kašpar Svatopuk: THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT LASER WAVELENGTHS AND FIBER TIPS AT3.11-3 Van den Bos Renate: STEAM VEIN SCLEROSIS AT3.11-4 Elias Steve: CLARIVEIN MECHANO-CHEMICAL ABLATION AT3.11-5 Frullini Allessandro: NON-ABLATIVE CONCEPTS OF ENDOVENOUS LASER AT3.11-6 Rasmussen Lars: PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF SURGERY VS RF VS LASER VS SCLERO-FOAM AT3.11-7 Davies Alun: QUALITY OF LIFE AND QUALY OF DIFFERENT ABLATION TECHNIQUES _______________________________________________________________________________________ 20.00 Gala dinner Municipal House 11 Saturday, September 17th __________________________________________________________________________ 09.00 – 11.00 Zenit + Nadir Free paper session: Endovenous laser treatment I ZN4.1 Chairpersons: Kašpar S. – Partsch H. ZN4.1-1 Zerweck Christof: ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION OF VARICOSE PERFORATING VEINS WITH THE 1470 DIODE LASER USING THE NEW RADIAL FIBER SLIM – 1 MONTH FOLLOW-UP ZN4.1-2 Vellettaz Ruben: EVLT COMPLICATIONS ZN4.1-3 Narvaes Luciane B.: ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION: OBESITY AND DELIVERED LEED ZN4.1-4 Van den Bos Renate: ENDOVENOUS SIMULATED LASER EXPERIMENTS AT 940 NM AND 1470 NM SUGGEST WAVELENGTH INDEPENDENT TEMPERATURE PROFILES ZN4.1-5 Vakhitov Mavlet: SHORT-TERM RESULTS OF ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION COMBINED WITH CROSSECTOMY FOR VARICOSE VEINS TREATMENT ZN4.1-6 Schwarz Thomas: ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION OF VARICOSE VEINS WITH THE 1470 DIODE LASER USING A RADIAL FIBER – 1 YEAR FOLLOW-UP ZN4.1-7 Rodriguez Neftali: MEXICAN EXPERIENCE IN 896 PATIENTS WITH 980 NM LASER VARICOUS VEINS ABLATION ZN4.1-8 Ragg Johann C.: ENDOVENOUS LASER: 8 YEAR RECURRENCE IS RARE AND BENIGN COMPARED TO SURGERY ZN4.1-9 Parikov Matvey: ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF VARICOSE OF ANTERIOR ACCESSORY SAPHENOUS VEIN ZN4.1-10 Narvaes Luciane B.: ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION USING 1470 NM DIODE AND RADIAL FIBRE FOR TREATMENT OF INCOMPETENT SAPHENOUS VEINS: OUR EXPERIENCE AND OUTCOMES _______________________________________________________________________________________ 09.00 – 11.00 Tycho + Keppler Free paper session: Venous thrombosis/Venopharmacology TK4.2 Chairpersons: Andreozzi G. M. – Allaert F. TK4.2-1 Andreozzi Giuseppe Maria: RATIONALE AND STUDY DESIGN OF THE SURVET TRIAL (SULODEXIDE IN SECONDARY PREVENTION OF RECURRENT DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS) TK4.2-2 Kreidy Raghid: VENOUS THROMBOSIS OF LOWER EXTREMITIES IN THE YOUNG PATIENT TK4.2-3 Kletskin Alexander: TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF RECONSTRUCTIVE VEIN SURGERY TK4.2-4 Abushov Nasraddin S.: SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE ASCENDING SAPHENOUS 12 THROMBOPHLEBITIS IN THE SAPHENOFEMORAL JUNCTION AT PATIENTS WITH VARICOSE DISEASE TK4.2-5 Jawad Huda: THE EFFECT OF ONPULSE™ IN IMPROVING LOWER LIMB BLOOD FLOW IN HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS TK4.2-6 Delic Javorka: THE DIFFERENT MODELS OF THE POST THROMBOTIC RECANALIZATION - A PROSPECTIVE STUDY TK4.2-7 Casals Francesc J.: LONG-TERM TREATMENT OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLICAL DISEASE, WITH MODERATE-INTENSITY WARFARIN THERAPY (INR RANGE 1.8-2.5), IMPROVE PATIENT COMFORT WITHOUT INCREASING ADVERSE EVENTS TK4.2-8 Abushov Nasraddin S.: PROPHYLACTIC MEASURES OF DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS AND PULMONARY EMBOLISM AFTER LOWER LIMB MAJOR AMPUTATION IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE TK4.2-9 Bouskela Eliete: EFFECT OF DAFLON 500 mg ON QUALITY OF RESULTS OF SCLEROTHERAPY IN THE DORSAL RABBIT EAR VEIN MODEL TK4.2-10 Allaert Francois: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS OF THE MAIN VENOACTIVE DRUGS ON THE REDUCTION OF VENOUS ANKLE EDEMA 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break at the Congress foyer and Meridian room _______________________________________________________________________________________ 11.30 – 13.00 Zenit + Nadir Free paper session: Endovenous laser treatment II ZN4.3 Chairpersons: Morrison N. – Bihari I. ZN4.3-1 Narvaes Luciane B.: ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION: AGE-RELATED VARIATIONS AND DELIVERED LEED ZN4.3-2 King Ted: THE INCIDENCE OF THROMBOTIC COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING ENDOVENOUS THERMAL INTERVENTION FOR CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASE ZN4.3-3 Groechenig Ernst: ENDOVENOUS LASER THERAPY OF VARICOSE STEM VEINS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY C3-C6: COMPARISON OF LINEAR 980nm AND ELVES RADIAL PROBE ZN4.3-4 Gonzalez-Zeh Rodrigo: ENDOVENOUS LASER AND ECHO GUIDED FOAM ABLATION IN GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN REFLUX, TWO YEARS FOLLOW UP ZN4.3-5 Kašpar Svatopluk: EXTREMELY DILATED TRUNCAL VARICOSE VEINS TREATED BY ENDOVENOUS LASER ZN4.3-6 Ferreira Julio: ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION (ELVES) AND STRIPPING COSTS IN BRAZIL ZN4.3-7 Bonham Christopher: IMMEDIATE ADJUVANT THERAPY FOLLOWING ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION FOR VARICOSE VEINS ZN4.3-8 Bihari Imre: FLUSH OCCLUSION OF THE SAPHENO-FEMORAL JUNCTION WITH LASER 13 _______________________________________________________________________________________ 11.30 – 13.00 Tycho + Keppler Free paper session: Basic research/Varia TK4.4 Chairpersons: Roztočil K. – Uhl J. - F. TK4.4-1 Lim Chung Sim: VARICOSE AND NON-VARICOSE VEINS ACTIVATE THE HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR PATHWAY WHEN EXPOSED TO HYPOXIA TK4.4-2 Anwar Muzaffar A.: DIFFERENTIAL METABOLIC PROFILE OF VARICOSE VEINS AS COMPARED TO NON-VARICOSE VEINS - A NOVEL AREA FOR FUTURE RESEARCH IN VENOUS DISEASE TK4.4-3 Romero-Carro J.M.: GENETIC BASES OF THE VENOUS CHRONIC INSUFFICIENCY AND HIS IMPLICATION IN THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE TK4.4-4 Passariello Fausto: THE WHAT-MD CLASSIFICATION FOR THE VENOUS INTERVENTIONS. THE VERSION 5 RELEASE 1 TK4.4-5 Sritharan Kaji: THE UNRECOGNIZED BURDEN OF DEPRESSION IN CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASE TK4.4-6 Leal Monedero Javier: PELVIC CONGESTION SYNDROME TK4.4-7 Lane Tristan: REFERRAL PATTERNS FOR CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASE IN PRIMARY CARE TK4.4-8 Kazakmurzaev Medzhid: THE FREQUENCY OF THE AXIAL REFLUX IN THE GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN AT PATIENTS WITH THE PRIMARY CHRONIC VENOUS DISORDERS TK4.4-9 Kornberg Alejandro: DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT OF PELVIC VEINS, SYNDROME OF PELVIC CONGESTION _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14.00 – 16.00 Zenit + Nadir Free paper session: Anatomy/Venous malformations TK4.2 Chairpersons: Stingl J. – Van der Voort E. A. M. ZN4.5-1 Uhl Jean-Francois: SYSTEMATIZATION OF THE VEINS OF THE SOLEUS MUSCLE ZN4.5-2 Van der Voort E.A.M.: A GIANT ANEURYSM OF THE POPLITEAL VEIN ZN4.5-3 Sapelkin Sergey: SUCCESSFUL MULTIMODALITY TREATMENT OF PELVIS AND LOWER EXTREMITIES MAJOR ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS ZN4.5-4 Pryadko Sergey: OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN ANEURYSMS: SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE OVER 40 YEARS ZN4.5-5 Uhl Jean-Francois: ANATOMY OF THE ADDUCTOR CANAL HIATUS: ITS ROLE IN THE OUTLET COMPRESSION SYNDROME OF THE FEMORAL VEIN ZN4.5-6 Maksimovic Zivan: VENOUS ANEURYSMS – OUR EXPERIENCE (7 CASES) 14 ZN4.5-7 Kim Dong-Ik: OPERATION FOR CONGENITAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION ZN4.5-8 Báča Václav: ANATOMICAL NOMENCLATURE IN 21ST CENTURY ZN4.5-9 Uhl Jean-Francois: FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE MUSCULAR PUMPS OF THE LOWER LIMB ZN4.5-10 Stingl Josef: MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE VASA VASORUM IN NORMAL, VARICOSE AND EXPLANTED BYPASS SAPHENOUS VEINS ZN4.5-11 Shchenev Sergey: DIAGNOSTICS AND COMPOSITE TREATMENT OF VENOUS MALFORMATIONS IN CHILDREN ZN4.5-12 Uhl Jean-Francois: 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LOWER LIMB VEINS OF AN SEVENTEENWEEK HUMAN EMBRYO _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14.00 – 16.00 Tycho + Keppler Joint Symposium with: UIP Italian Society of Angiology and Vascular Medicine (SIAPAV) Italian Society for Vascular Investigation (SIDV) – The edema in phlebology and lymphology TK4.6 Chairpersons: Andreozzi G. M. – Antignani P. L. TK4.6-1 Arpaia Guido: THROMBOTIC RISK IN HYPOMOBILITY. EFFECTS OF ANTITHROMBOEMBOLIC (ATE) STOCKINGS ON EDEMA AND FIBRINOLYSIS TK4.6-2 Baroncelli T.A., Muraca M.G., Talluti J.: A NEW METHOD FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF SEGMENTAL FLUIDS ABNORMALITIES: BIOIMPEDANCE VECTOR ANALISYS ON LEGS AND ARMS TK4.6-3 De Marchi S.: REPERFUSION EDEMA: THE DEVIL IN THE MOISTURE. POST ACUTE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION TK4.6-4 Allegra Claudio: EDEMA IN CHRONIC VENOUS DISORDERS: HOW CAN WE DEFINE? TK4.6-5 Štvrtinová Viera: EDEMA IN CHRONIC VENOUS DISORDERS: MEDICAL AND/OR COMPRESSION TREATMENT ? TK4.6-6 Shapira Armando: MANAGEMENT OF SWOLLEN AND PAINFUL CALF _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14.00 – 16.00 Aquarius + Taurus Brazilian Phlebology – Past, present and future AT4.7 Chairpersons: Scuderi A. – Goldani M. A. Secretary: Ferreira J. H. G. AT4.7-1 Sampaio Augusto: TOPICS AND TIPS FOR ULTRASOUND IN PHLEBOLOGY 15 AT4.7-2 Aguiar Eduardo: FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY AT4.7-3 Kafrouni Maria de L.: TRANSDERMAL LASER IN TELANGIECTASIAS AT4.7-4 Figueiredo Marcondes: VARICOSE ULCER TREATMENT AT4.7-5 Nahas Priscila: BRAZILIAN AESTETIC PHLEBOLOGY EVOLUTION AT4.7-6 Pereira Alves Baelon: SURGICAL TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS AT4.7-7 Narvaes Luciane B.: ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION (1470 nm) OF THE SMALL SAPHENOUS VEIN: EFFICACY, SAFETY AND ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT SATISFACTION AT4.7-8 Ferreira Julio: ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION (ELVeS) - 11 YEAR EXPERIENCE REVIEW AT4.7-9 Peres José Maria G.: PELVIC VENOUS DISEASE TREATMENT AT4.7-10 Reichelt Antonio Carlos: FEMALE PRIORITIES, A SURVEY OF BODY CARE _______________________________________________________________________________________ 16.00 Closing Ceremony Zenit + Nadir _______________________________________________________________________________________ L I S T OF A C C E P T E D P O S T E R S M01 Allaert Francois: DIFFICULTIES WHEN DONNING MEDICAL COMPRESSION SOCKS M02 Allaert Francois: OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF THE SYNERGISTIC ACTION OF SCLEROTHERAPY AND A GRADE A VENOACTIVE DRUG (MICRONIZED PURIFIED FLAVONOID FRACTION) IN CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASE OF THE LOWER LIMBS M03 Avram Iulian: RISK FACTORS FOR RECURRENT VARICOSE DISEASE M04 Badalyan Aram: THE PRESENCE OF INHERITED THROMBOPHILIA WORSENED LIMB OUTCOME AFTER DVT M05 Badalyan Aram: ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION AND TRANSILLUMINATED VEIN EXCISION: COMBINED USE IN VARICOSE DISEASE M06 Chernukha Larisa: VENOUS FORMS OF CONGENITAL VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS OF THE LOWER LIMBS. DIAGNOSTICS AND SURGICAL TREATMENT M07 Chung Jungkee: ADVANTAGE OF CRYOTHERAPY IN VARICOSE VEIN TREATMENT M08 Chung Wonsuk: ANAPHYLAXIS FOLLOWING SCLEROTHERAPY OF VARICOSE VEINS M09 Chupeev Andrey: TREATMENT TACTICS FOR VARICOSE TRANSFORMATIONS IN SMALL SAPHENOUS VEIN SYSTEM M10 Chupeev Andrey: SCLEROTHERAPY FOR VARICOSE VEINS OF LOWER EXTREMITIES: RESULTS OF TREATMENT M11 Elleuch Nizar: SULODEXIDE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY OF THE 16 LOWER LIMBS: CLINICAL EFFICACY AND IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE M12 García Inmaculada: ASIA B PARAPLEGIA FOLLOWING EPIDURAL CATHETER PLACEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH INTESTINAL LYMPHANGIECTASIA M13 García Inmaculada: LOWER LIMB LYMPHEDEMA AS A COMPLICATION OF INTESTINAL LYMPHANGIECTASIA M14 García Inmaculada: CONGENITAL LYMPHEDEMA. MILROY DISEASE M15 García-Madrid César: ENDOVENOUS RADIOFREQUENCY: HOW AFFECTS DIFFERENT FLUENCY THE GSV DIAMETERS? M16 Guex Jean Jerome: THE BURDEN OF VENOUS DISEASE: VALIDATION OF THE ABC-V QUESTIONNAIRE IN 4 LANGUAGES M17 Guex Jean Jerome: THE PATIENT’S BURDEN OF CHRONIC VENOUS DISORDERS. CONSTRUCTION OF A QUESTIONNAIRE: ABC-V Hiller Heinz: TREATMENT OF ACTIVELY BLEEDING VARICOSITIES USING 1 % LAPIDIUM CHLORHYDRATE FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY M18 M19 Jung In Mok: CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGIC OUTCOMES OF AN 1320nm EVLT FOR SAPHENOUS VEIN INCOMPETENCE M20 Katorkin Sergey: DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT OF BIOMECHANICAL ABNORMALITIES OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY OF LOWER EXTREMITIES M21 Kim Dong-Ik: EXPERIENCE OF THE ACUTE MESENTERIC AND PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS M22 Kim W.G.: AN ANALYSIS OF PRE- AND POST-EVLT IMAGES BY 3D CT M23 Lecuona Nora: ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT FOR SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME. A CASE REPORT M24 Lessiani Gianfranco: VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY AND FOOT DYSMORPHISM: EFFECTIVENESS OF VISCO-ELASTIC REHABILITATION SYSTEMS ON FOOT/CALF VENO-MUSCLE PUMPS M25 Pontel L.: BENEFITS OF PHLEBOLOGICAL REHABILITATION IN ORTHOPEDIC TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT (THR) SURGERY M26 Pryadko Sergey: THE SURGICAL ASPECTS OF TREATMENT OF THE VENOUS SYSTÉM THROMBOSIS M27 Radu D.: LOWER LIMB GIANT, OLD ULCERATION TURNED INTO MULTIFORME CANCER M28 Rollo Hamilton: PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF VENOUS RECANALIZATION AFTER AN EPISODE OF LOWER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS M29 Schattenkirchner Stephanie: PHLEBOSURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH MARFAN SYNDROME M30 Slezak Viliam: THE APPLICATION OF THE ENDOVENOS LASER ABLATION IN THE COMPLEX OF MODERN THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES IN THE PATIENTS WITH ULCER OF THE VENOUS AETIOLOGY M31 Taieb Charles: ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN WOMEN WITH VENOUS DISEASE 17 M32 Uhl Jean-Francois: COMPLEX ANATOMY OF LEG PERFORATORS EXPLAINS THE POOR RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT M33 Uhl Jean-Francois: THE AZYGOS SYSTEM AS A DERIVATIVE ROUTE OF ILIO-CAVAL OBSTRUCTIONS M34 Uhl Jean-Francois: PELVIC DERIVATIVE ROUTES IN CASE OF OBSTRUCTION OF THE ILIAC VEIN M35 Vakhitov Mavlet: CELLULAR ALTERATIONS IN VARICOSE VEINS: AN ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY M36 Valerio Ranfis: THE ROLE OF ANKLE MOTION IN CHRONIC VENOUS ULCERS _______________________________________________________________________________________ Legend: Example: ZN1.1-1 Rooms: ZN = Zenit + Nadir TK = Tycho + Keppler AT = Aquarius + Taurus LV = Leo + Virgo S = Stella M = Meridian Days: 1 = Wednesday 2 = Thursday 3 = Friday 4 = Saturday 18