Sheffield course features live link to angio suite

The Sheffield Vascular Institute angio team and delegates.

Sheffield Endovascular Courses and the Sheffield Vascular Institute ran the first Sheffield PEVAR course, teaching delegates percutaneous endovascular aneurysm repair technique.

Institute consultant vascular radiologist Dr Dan Kusuma, who chaired the course, said:  “Abdominal aortic aneurysms have been successfully treated with a graft, hand-sewn through a large abdominal incision for many years.  In the last 20 years, a more advanced technique has developed which places a stent graft via a specially designed device delivered through the arteries in both groins to seal aneurysms with suitable anatomy.”

Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) reduces post-operative pain and hospital stay but normally requires a surgical cut to expose both groin arteries.  “Our vascular radiologists now perform the procedure in the majority of our patients without the need for a surgical incision in both groins, further reducing groin complications, pain and hospital stay,”  explained Dr Kusuma.  “This also means that the procedure can be performed successfully under local or regional anaesthesia, further reducing potential general anaesthetic risks.”

See the full report on page 27 of the December 2016 issue of RAD Magazine.