Education

The 2023 Chee Soong Lecture was given by Mr Michael Jenkins of Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust on EVAR: Are the glory days over?

Badri Vijaynagar presented on the Travel Fellowship for 2022, and Ummul Contractor presented on the BSET Endovascular Training Fellowship for 2022.

The session on Trials that inform management of limb ischaemia comprised presentations on:

Implications of BEST-CLI for modern practice - Rob Sayers, Professor of Vascular Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester

BASIL-2 - Andrew Bradbury, Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Birmingham

Welcome

Bijan Modarai, Chair, BSET Meeting Committee & Rachel Bell, BSET President

Moderators:

Rachel Bell & James McCaslin

International variations in endovascular treatment rates of abdominal aortic aneurysms: How do we get the balance right?

Hans-Henning Eckstein, Professor of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Munich, Germany

Appropriate case selection for deep venous stenting and innovations on the horizon

Manj Gohel, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

The pitfalls of big data

Christian-Alexander Behrendt, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Hamburg, Germany

Moderators:

Paul Bevis and Simon Neequaye

Effect of COVID on training

Keith Jones, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Frimley Hospital & Chair, Education Committee, The Vascular Society

Vascular Society update

Mike Jenkins, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Imperial College London & President, The Vascular Society

The transformative role of AI and applicability to vascular surgery

Alan Karthikesalingam, UK Research Lead, Google Health

Intraoperative injuries during F/BEVAR

Gustavo Oderich, Professor and Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Houston, Texas, USA

Moderators:

Bijan Modarai, Pete Holt and Chris Twine

Case discussions: Aortic

Barend Mees, Consultant Endovascular Surgeon, Maastricht, Netherlands &

Gustavo Oderich, Professor and Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Houston, Texas, USA

Case discussions: Lower Limb

Paul Moxey, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, St George’s Hospital, London &

Murray Flett, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Dundee Hospital

An over reliance on aortic aneurysm diameter thresholds means we are carrying out repairs on a significant number of patients that derive no benefit.

Introduction by Rao Vallabhaneni

For – Rachel Bell, President BSET

Against – Mike Jenkins, President Vascular Society