Galway, September 2007. 32nd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium

1.     Plenary Session: Technical and clinical outcome in Para-Renal Aortic Repair with Single Suprarenal Artery clamping? A parallel group observational contrast study of elective /Emergency Supra-Renal Aortic aneurysm Repair (SRAR) and Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (IRAR) in a tertiary referral university centre.

2.     Prevalence and Correlation of Hyperhomocysteinaemia to Major Adverse Events (MAE) after Intervention for Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia

3.     Topical Wound Oxygen (TWO2) Versus Conventional Compression Dressings in the Management of Refractory Non-Healing Venous Ulcers; A Parallel Observational Pivotal Study 

Manchester, UK, November 2007. Annual Meeting of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland,

  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. Topical Wound Oxygen (TWO2) Versus Conventional Compression Dressings (CCD) in the Management of Refractory Non-Healing Venous Ulcers( RVU); A Parallel Observational Pivotal Study in CEAP sixcategorypatients.

Cannes, France, June 2007. MEET congress Multi-disciplinary European Endovascular Therapy.

  1. The down slope of endovenous laser therapy for primary varicose veins. Technology is still lacking.

Baltimore, Maryland, USA, June 2007. Society for Vascular Surgery. Annual Vascular Meeting.

5.     Initial Experience Using A Sequential Compression Biomechanical Device (SCBD) In Critical Limb Ischaemia (CLI): Non-Operative Active Limb Salvage.

6.     The Patient Trial: A Prospective Consecutive Observatinal Study Of Open (OR), Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) And Best Medical Treatment Alone (BMT) In High-Risk Patients Suitable For EVAR.

Galway, Ireland, May 2007. 5th Annual WVI Symposium.

  1. Topical Wound Oxygen (TWO2) Versus Conventional Compression Dressings in the Management of Refractory Non-Healing Venous Ulcers; A Parallel Observational Pivotal Study.
  2. Initial experience using a Sequential Compression Biomechanical Device (SCBD) in Critical Limb Ischaemia (CLI): Non-operative active limb salvage.
  3. The down slope of Endovenous Laser therapy for primary Varicose Veins. Technology is still lacking.
  4. Scalenus Anterior Resection assessment by disability of arm, should and hand (DASH) scoring in the management of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.
  5. Cuffed Synthetic Grafts in Management of Supragenicular Femoro-Popliteal Arterial Occlusion: An Observational Parallel Group Prospective Comparative Study in Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI).
  6. Subintimal angioplasty (SIA) vs Bypass for critical lower limb ischemia in patients with TASC C and D lesions: 5-year result
  7. Prevalence and Correlation of Hyper-homocysteinemia to Major Adverse Event’s (MAE), Amputation Free Survival (AFS) and Mortality in Patients Managed by Endovascular Intervention or Bypass Surgery for Critical Lower Limb Ischemia.
  8. Carotid artery intervention in High-Risk Patients; A Prospective parallel group observational Study of Carotid artery Stenting (CAST) under neuro-protection and Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA).
  9. The Influence of Deliberate Practice Volume (DPV) in minimising the slope of learning curve and improve vascular training. The mutually beneficial solution for patients and the vascular surgeon.
  10. Derivation and validation of a customized risk scoring index for Predicting Mortality rate after EVAR or open repair in abdominal aortic aneurysm intervention.
  11. Efficacy of prostaglandin I2 infusion in the elective open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm.  A parallel group observational study over a five-year period
  12. A prospective observational clinical study and quality adjusted cost-analysis of Open Repair (OP), Endovascular Aortic Repair (EVAR) and Best Medical Treatment alone (BMT) in high-risk patients anatomically suitable for EVAR.  The Irish patient Trial
  13. A parallel group observational study of Supra-Renal Aortic aneurysm Repair (SRAR), Juxtarenal Aneurysm Repair (JRAR) and Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (IRAR).  Does Single Suprarenal Artery clamping alter technical and clinical outcome in Para-Renal Aortic Repair?

Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2007.  Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, 35th Annual Symposium on Vascular Surgery

20.   Efficacy of Prostaglandin E2 ( PGE2) Infusion in the Immediate Peri-operative Period in Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

21.   Non-Operative Active Management of Critical Limb Ischaemia (CLI): Initial Experience Using a Sequential Compression Biomechanical Device (SCBD) for Limb Salvage.

22.   Longitudinal Comparative Study of Transverse Versus Vertical Groin Incision for Femoral Artery Exposure in Arterial Reconstructive Surgery.

23.   A parallel group observational study of Supra-Renal Aortic aneurysm Repair (SRAR), Juxtarenal Aneurysm Repair (JRAR) and Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (IRAR). Does Single Suprarenal Artery clamping alter technical and clinical outcome in Para-Renal Aortic Repair.  

24.   Derivation and Validation of Predictive Index of Morbidity and Mortality in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair; A Customized Risk Scoring Index For Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients.

New York, USA, November 2007, International Society of Vascular Specialists Award Paper, VEITHsymposium, 34th Annual Symposium on Vascular and Endovascular Issues

  1. A Prospective Clinical, Economic and Quality of Life 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: The Irish Patient Trial.

Saarbrücken, Germany, May 2007. 6th Conference of the World Congress on Hyperhomocysteinemia.

Prevalence and Correlation of Hyperhomocysteinemia to Major Adverse Events after Intervention for Critical Lower limb Ischaemia.

Posters

Manchester, UK, November 2007. Annual Meeting of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland,

1.     Scalenus Anterior Resection assessment by disability of arm, should and hand (DASH) scoring in the management of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.

New York, November 2007. 34th Annual Veith symposium

2.     Management of Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia in the 21st century. Randomization of Patients with TASC D lesions to Subintimal Angioplasty or Bypass surgery depending on plaque echoloucency in the occluded femoro-popliteal segment. The 5-year Irish Trial.

3.     Technical and clinical outcome in Para-Renal Aortic Repair with Single Suprarenal Artery clamping in a tertiary referral university centre.

4.     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; Technology is still lacking.

5.     Topical Wound Oxygen (TWO2) Versus Conventional Compression Dressings (CCD) in the Management of Refractory Non-Healing Venous Ulcers (RVU); A Parallel Observational Pivotal Study.

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

Galway, September 2007. 32nd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium

7.     Laser-assisted Angioplasty for Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia.

8.     Management of Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) with Decompression and Coeliac Axis Sympathectomy (CAS): Five Year Experience.

Orlando Florida, March 2007. Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, 35th Annual Symposium on Vascular Surgery

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

10.   Technical and clinical outcome in Para-Renal Aortic Repair with Single Suprarenal Artery clamping in a tertiary referral university centre.