PROGRAM

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND

SOCIETY OF PHLEBOLOGY

VEIN TREATMENT 2016

Saturday 3 Sunday 4 September 2016

John Loewenthal Auditorium, Education Block

Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia

Formal Presentations and Practical Demonstrations

of venous duplex ultrasound, the management of

varicose veins, spider veins and proximal deep vein occlusion

Treatment of Leg Ulcers and Graduated Compression

CME points from RACS and RACGP will be awarded for this meeting

Saturday 3 September

9.30am Registration

Session 1

10.00am / Welcome to registrants , trade and faculty / Mark Malouf
10.05 / Assessment of the varicose veins patient and Overview of treatment options / Mark Malouf
10.15 / Do all varicose veins patients need treatment?
Who needs a conservative approach / George Somjen
10.25 / Treatment of superficial and deep vein disease into the future- where is it going? / Alan Bray
10.40 / Duplex mapping for varicose veins: What should we measure and how to record the information. / Naomi Hunter
10.50
11.10
11.20
11.30
11.40 / Live duplex scanning of a varicose vein patient
Matching the clinical examination with the duplex findings to formulate a treatment plan
How PHLEBOLOGY is taught in France
Practical implementation of modern venous treatments in an Australian vascular surgical practice
Recurrent saphenofemoral junction incompetence following surgery: Possible lymph node involvement
Discussion / Jenny Hunter
Tom Daly
A-C Benhamou
Steve Baker
Albert-Claude Benhamou
12 - 1 pm / LUNCH in Trade Exhibit area
Session 2
1 pm
1.15
2.00 / Vein Glue – VenaSeal – cyanoacrylate non-thermal non-tumescent varicose veins treatment Method complications and results
Live demonstration of VenaSeal glue treatment
Recurrent varicose veins – duplex detected and/or clinical - following endovenous procedures: How to manage / Nabeel Ibrahim
Nabeel Ibrahim
Tom Daly
2.10 / Hydrodisplacement of nerves adjacent to saphenous trunks / Nabeel Ibrahim
2.20
2.30
2.40 / The challenge of large below-knee varicosities
VTE prophylaxis following varicose veins procedures
(Phlebology editorial)
Multiple combinedconcurrent or staged VVs treatments ? Tips and tricks of endovenous treatments
Discussion / Mark Malouf
David Huber
Steve Baker
3 -3.30pm / Afternoon Tea in Trade Exhibit area
Session 3
3.30pm
3.40
4.15
4.25
4.40 / Endovenous laser ablation 1470nm Biolitec - ELVeS
Method complications results and follow up
Live demonstration of 1470nm endovenous laser ablation
Tips and tricks for laser thermal ablation
Radiofrequency thermal ablation – Venefit procedure using ClosureFast catheter for varicose veins
Methodology complications and results
Anterior accessory vein reflux from the groin to large varices: Options for treatment
Comment
Discussion / Rebecca Jack
Rebecca Jack
Naomi Hunter
TBC
Richard Harris
Glen Benveniste

Sunday 4 September

Session 4

8.45am
9.10
9.25
9.35
10.00
10.10
10.20 / Recent proximal deep vein thrombosis: treatment options including thrombolysis, thrombectomy and stent
The current role of venous thrombectomy
X-Ray imaging of veins: its role in treating superficial vein disease. Are we missing things by using only duplex imaging?
Chronic iliac vein narrowing or occlusion: Who to image, How to image , practicalities of stentingand which patients do well with a stent
Endovascular approach for the management of iliofemoral DVT
Pelvic venous congestion syndrome and pelvic escape veins: diagnosis , imaging and treating ovarian and internal iliac veins. Results
Pelvic escape veins to the legs with no pelvic symptoms: Do we treat the pelvis?
Discussion / Roxanne Wu Tae Cho
David Huber
Ramon Varcoe
William Clark Ramon Varcoe
Jason Chuen
Eisen Liang
M Malouf
10.30 – 11 am / Morning Tea in Trade Exhibit area
Session 5
11.00am
11.10
11.20
11.30
11.40
11.50
12.00pm
12.10
12.20 / Transilluminated powered phlebectomy - Trivex – for varicose veins; Methodology , complications and results
Popliteal vein compression and how it may be an issue in the development of varicose veins
The swollen leg: a sensible protocol of investigations
Popliteal and calf vein thrombosis: Management including the place of new oral anticoagulants (NOAC’s)
Graduated compression in CVI (C3 to C6) patients : mechanism of action, required pressures and what we should be prescribing
Venous leg ulcers : guidelines from around the world may help us
Velcro wrap compression garments – CircAid – for leg oedema – you really should try them
Mixed arterial and venous leg ulcers: how to formulate a plan of management
Varicose veins treatment in C5 and C6 patients
Discussion / Aaron McKeon
David Huber
Alan Bray
TBC ? Jennifer Curnow
Jan Rice
M Malouf J Rice
Cris Brown
George Somjen
M Malouf
12.30 – 1.15pm / LUNCH in Trade Exhibit area
Session 6
1 pm / Sclerotherapy – chemical ablation – indications and techniques. How I incorporate sclerotherapy into a vascular surgery practice / Jason Chuen
1.45 / Sclerotherapy can adequately treat most varicose veins patients True or false? / Glen Benveniste
1.55 / Combining Laser or RF or Glue with foam and phlebectomy, pushing the limits / Nabeel Ibrahim
2.05 / Live demonstration of UG foam sclerotherapy / M Malouf J Chuen
2.20 / Open varicose veins surgery: what is its place now? / M Malouf
2.35 / SmallSaphenous Vein (SSV) treatment options. Anatomy in poplitealfossa and along the trunk. Are parameters for Rx the same as for GSV? / G Somjen D Huber
Discussion
3 – 3.30pm / Afternoon Tea in Trade Exhibit area
Session 7
3.30 / Microsclerotherapy : indications, methods
and practical advice / Mark Malouf
3.50 / Demonstration of Microsclerotherapy cases
Discussion
FACULTY :
Steve Baker Vascular surgeon Perth
Albert-Claude Benhamou Vascular surgeon France
Glen Benveniste Vascular surgeon Adelaide
Alan Bray Vascular surgeon Newcastle
Cris Brown Occupational therapist Sydney
Tae Cho Vascular surgeon Westmead
Jason Chuen Vascular surgeon Melbourne
William Clark Interventional radiologist Sydney
Jennifer Curnow Haematologist Westmead
Thomas Daly Vascular surgeon Westmead
Richard Harris Vascular surgeon Sydney
David Huber Vascular surgeon Wollongong
Jennifer Hunter Vascular sonographer Newcastle
Naomi Hunter Phlebologist Newcastle
Nabeel Ibrahim Surgeon Sydney
Rebecca Jack Vascular surgeon Toowoomba
Peter Laws Surgeon New Zealand
Eisen Liang Interventional radiologist Sydney
Aaron McKeon Sydney
Mark Malouf Surgeon Westmead
Jan Rice RN Wound /compression expert Melbourne
George Somjen Vascular surgeon Melbourne
Ramon Varcoe Vascular surgeon Sydney
Roxanne Wu Vascular surgeon Cairns
FOR ALL REGISTRATIONS AND ENQUIRIES CONTACT
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ANZ SOCIETY OF PHLEBOLOGY
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CRANEBROOK NSW 2749
Tel: 02 4777 5042
Fax: 02 4777 5021
Mobile: 0409 838 847
Email:
/ Mark Malouf