Saturday
SESSION 39: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS AND THEIR TREATMENT: LAPAROSCOPY (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 39 SCHEDULE
PLENARY SESSIONS (SESSIONS 39 - 45) - LOCATION: GRAND BALLROOM, 3RD FLOOR
6:40 AM - 6:45 AM Health Care Rationing: Should Patients >80 With A Ruptured AAA Be Offered Open Repair Or EVAR: Is It Clinically And Cost Effective: Based On An Analysis Of 250 Patients
  Presenter(s):Florian Dick, MD  
6:46 AM - 6:51 AM Do Newer Devices Facilitate EVAR For Ruptured AAAs: What Percent Can Be Done Endovascularly
  Presenter(s):Carlo Setacci, MD  
6:52 AM - 6:57 AM Predictors Of AAA Sac Enlargement After EVAR: Expanding Indications Lead To Sac Growth And Failure In A Greater Percentage Of Patients: A Note Of Caution
  Presenter(s):Andres Schanzer, MD  
6:58 AM - 7:03 AM Overall Results With EVAR Show There Is No Cause For Alarm With The Procedure
  Presenter(s):Richard P. Cambria, MD  
7:04 AM - 7:09 AM Simplified Endowedge Technique Without Axillary/Brachial Access For Short AAA Necks Using The C3 Redeployable Excluder System
  Presenter(s):David J. Minion, MD  
7:10 AM - 7:15 AM Duplex Ultrasound Surveillance To Detect Important EVAR Limb Stenosis Or Kinking And Permit Prophylactic Intervention To Prevent Occlusion
  Presenter(s):Keith D. Calligaro, MD  
7:16 AM - 7:21 AM A New Concept In The Pathogenesis Of Endotension And Its Implications For Management
  Presenter(s):Timur P. Sarac, MD  
7:22 AM - 7:27 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator(s): Brian R. Hopkinson, ChM, FRCS / Gregorio A. Sicard, MD  
7:28 AM - 7:33 AM Comparison Of Laparoscopic And Open AAA Repair In A Case Matched Trial: Advantages And Limitations Of Laparoscopic Repair
  Presenter(s):Jean-Baptiste Ricco, MD, PhD  
7:34 AM - 7:39 AM New From The U.K. EVAR Trial: Preop Quantitation Of Calcium Neck Thrombus And Angulation And Iliac Tortuosity Allows Prediction Of Adverse Outcomes From EVAR
  Presenter(s):Thomas R. Wyss, MD / Roger M. Greenhalgh, MD  
7:40 AM - 7:45 AM DEBATE: We Still Need Randomized Controlled (RC) Trials Of EVAR vs. Open Repair (OR) With Ruptured AAAs: What Will The Dutch And French RC Trials Tell Us
  Presenter(s):Willem Wisselink, MD  
7:46 AM - 7:51 AM DEBATE: We Don’t Need Randomized Controlled Trials: EVAR Is Better Than OR For Both Early And Late Survival Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Dieter O. Mayer, MD  
7:52 AM - 7:57 AM Is Open Repair Of AAAs Making A Comeback: Should It Be
  Presenter(s):Jean-Pierre Becquemin, MD, FRCS  
7:58 AM - 8:03 AM DEBATE: Long-Term Survival Results After EVAR Justify Preferential Use Of EVAR In Good Risk Young Patients With Good Anatomy
  Presenter(s):Jan D. Blankensteijn, MD  
8:04 AM - 8:09 AM DEBATE: Not So - EVAR Is Not Yet Justified In Good Risk Young Patients: There Is No Late Survival Advantage
  Presenter(s):Peter L. Harris, MD, FRCS  
8:10 AM - 8:16 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 39
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