Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) 49th Annual Meeting

Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) 49th Annual Meeting is organized by Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) and will be held from Jan 22 - 25, 2025 at The Westin Beach Resort & Spa at Frenchman’s Reef, St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, United States of America.

Description:
This year's theme similar to last year based on all the positive feedback and is named "Cases I Hope to Never See or Do Again". This is designed to try to educate us all on difficult cases and maybe infrequent options to treat patients we have seen in practice. This is a "show and tell" session to spur discussion and interaction amongst members in a collegial format. We would like to make the session as valuable for all members as possible.

Topics:
Aortic / visceral

• How to select and perform thoraco-retroperitoneal aortic exposure
• Transcaval AAA sac access for treating type 2 endoleaks
• When and how to perform percutaneous or open axillary (or carotid) access for complex endovascular aortic work
• When and how to do retrograde SMA stenting
• Tips for stenting difficult renal artery anatomy

PAD

• When and how to do perc radial and pedal access
• How best to treat advanced LE PAD when no GSV is available
• Preferred anticoagulation and antiplatelet regimen after LE revascularization
• Adjuncts to distal bypass bypasses – patches, cuffs, AV fistula, venous arterialization
• Time saving techniques for lower extremity bypass

Cerebrovascular

• Techniques for eversion carotid endarterectomy
• Optimal approach to tandem carotid lesions
• Novel uses of flow reversal for protection
• Tricks for TCAR in the obese/short neck

Dialysis

• When and how to do single vs 2-stage basilic vein transposition
• Secondary salvage of arm access – proximal venous targets / endo vs open techniques
• How I do HD access perc thrombectomy / intervention
• Best management of AV access conduit aneurysm
• Surgical Treatment of AV Access Steal

Venous

• How to perform perforator vein access / ablation – calf and thigh
• Recanalization and stenting of chronically occluded iliac veins / IVC
• Nutcracker syndrome—Transposition v. Bypass
• Pelvic Congestion Syndrome: approach and choice of embolic agents
• Retrieval of IVC filter in place for years and complicated features

Amputation

• How to create the most functional BKA
• How and when to do mid foot amputations
• Variations of hip dislocation amputation / high AKAs