Saturday
SESSION XXVII: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF AAAS: EVAR, OPEN REPAIR, LAPAROSCOPIC AND ROBOTIC APPROACHES: INTERESTING DEBATES (4 AND 5-MINUTE FAST PACED TALKS)
SESSION XXVII SCHEDULE
6:40 AM - 6:44 AM Debate I: Proximal Extension Cuffs In EVAR Are A Bad Thing And Should Be Avoided If Possible
  Presenters(s): Jacob Buth, M.D.  
6:45 AM - 6:49 AM Debate I: Use Of Extension Cuffs And Placing The Body Of The Powerlink Graft On The Bifurcation Is The Best Way To Treat Most Difficult Aortic Necks
  Presenters(s): Dieter Raithel, M.D., Ph.D. / Lefeng Qu, M.D.  
6:50 AM - 6:54 AM Debate II: Small AAAs (4 - 5.4 cm) Should Be Treated By EVAR Because Outcomes And Results Are Better: Status Of The PIVOTAL Small AAA Trial
  Presenters(s): Kenneth Ouriel, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C.  
6:55 AM - 6:59 AM Debate II: There Is No Difference In Post-EVAR Morbidity And Mortality Depending On AAA Size: Big Is Not Really Worse
  Presenters(s): Jeffrey P. Carpenter, M.D.  
7:00 AM - 7:04 AM Debate III: EVAR Is The Best Treatment For AAAs In Most Patients
  Presenters(s): Roger M. Greenhalgh, M.D.  
7:05 AM - 7:09 AM Debate III: The Downsides And Disadvantages Of EVAR Make Open Repair A Better Treatment In Most Patients
  Presenters(s): Bruce A. Perler, M.D., M.B.A.  
7:10 AM - 7:15 AM Comparison Of EVAR And Open Repair: Meta-analysis And Status Of The OVER Trial
  Presenters(s): Frank A. Lederle, M.D.  
7:16 AM - 7:21 AM Debate IV: Pure Endotension (Without An Endoleak) Does Not Exist: It’s All About Slow-Flow Endoleaks And Changes Within The Clot
  Presenters(s): Hence J.M. Verhagen, M.D., Ph.D.  
7:22 AM - 7:27 AM Debate IV: Of Course Pure Endotension Exists And Can Be Proven At Operation
  Presenters(s): Geoffrey L. Gilling-Smith, M.S., F.R.C.S.  
7:28 AM - 7:33 AM Comparison Of Branched Grafts And Hypogastric Occlusion For Common Iliac Aneurysms
  Presenters(s): Piergiorgio Cao, M.D., F.R.C.S.  
7:34 AM - 7:39 AM Technique For Branched Graft Preservation Of Hypogastric Flow Using Stock Modular (Excluder) Components
  Presenters(s): David J. Minion, M.D.  
7:40 AM - 7:46 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Robert B. Rutherford, M.D. / K. Wayne Johnston, M.D., F.R.C.S.  
7:46 AM - 7:51 AM Should Patients Receive Statins Before EVAR; After EVAR; What Dosage Is Best?
  Presenters(s): Jacob Buth, M.D.  
7:52 AM - 7:57 AM Total Laparoscopic Repair Of Short Neck AAAs
  Presenters(s): Olivier A. Goëau-Brissonnière, M.D., Ph.D.  
7:58 AM - 8:03 AM Laparoscopic AAA Repair With A Stapled Anastomosis: Will It Make Laparoscopic AAA Repair Popular?
  Presenters(s): Ralf R. Kolvenbach, M.D.  
8:04 AM - 8:09 AM Progress In Robotic Aortic Surgery: Where Is It Going In The Endo Era?
  Presenters(s): Willem Wisselink, M.D.  
8:10 AM - 8:14 AM Debate V: Open Repair Remains The Gold Standard For Ruptured AAAs: EVAR Must Be Proven By A Randomized Trial
  Presenters(s): Marc R.H. van Sambeek, M.D., Ph.D.  
8:15 AM - 8:19 AM Debate V: All Should Switch To EVAR For Most Ruptured AAAs: We Don’t Need A Randomized Trial
  Presenters(s): Frank J. Veith, M.D.  
8:20 AM - 8:25 AM Open Abdomen Treatment (OAT) Of Patients With Ruptured AAAs: A Method To Prevent Abdominal Compartment Syndrome And Do Many Other Good Things
  Presenters(s): Dieter O. Mayer, M.D. / Mario Lachat, M.D.  
8:26 AM - 8:31 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXVII
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