The annual Northwest vascular meeting  was held on the 16th October at the Holiday Inn hotel, Haydock. It was well attended and the Guest speaker was Professor Julian Scott, the president of the vascular society of GB and Ireland. The meeting was concluded with dinner during which the winning research abstract was announced (A Decade of Fenestrated Stent-Grafting in a Single UK Centre). It was presented by Mr J Scurr on behalf of Mr A Millen from the Royal Liverpool hospital.

The Annual Northwest vascular meeting

Wednesday 16th October 2013

The Holiday Inn, Haydock

Lodge Lane Newton Le Willows WA12 0JG

Programme

15.00 EVAR  Update:

1. EVAR Options of Juxtarenal AAA (Mr Rao Vallabhaneni, Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, (Royal Liverpool University Hospital)

2. Management of EVAR complications - R. Asleigh, Consultant interventional radiologist, UHSM

3. EVAR of ruptured AAA - V. Smyth, Consultant vascular surgeon, MRI

4. EVAR for AAA with difficult infra-renal neck (Mr Rob Fisher, Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, (Royal Liverpool University Hospital)

5. TVAR - Mr Aung Oo, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, (Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital)

16.40 Afternoon tea

17.10 NW vascular audit – Mr V Smyth

17.30 The Circulation foundation Mr D Kelleher

17.40 Amputation audit – Dr F Jepson & Dr A Azer

18.00 Research papers - Chair: J Mosley

1. Accuracy of 3D Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (3D CEUS) for Detecting Endoleak – A Pilot Study
A Abbas, V Hansrani, N Sedgwick, J Armitage, J Ghosh, C McCollum
Academic Surgery Unit, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester,

2. A prospective study of intraoperative 3D contrast enhanced duplex ultrasound (3D CEUS) during Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR)
DC Ormesher, C Lowe, N Sedgwick, CN McCollum, J Ghosh
University Hospital of South Manchester

3. Distraction Force may not be the most important determinant of Migration following fenestrated Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
SM Jones, A England, R Poole, SR Vallabhaneni, R McWilliams, RL Williams, RK Fisher,
Royal Liverpool university hospital

4. A Decade of Fenestrated Stent-Grafting in a Single UK Centre
A Millen, S M Jones, J R H Scurr, R G McWilliams, S R Vallabhaneni, J A Brennan, R K Fisher.
Royal Liverpool university hospital

5. Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) surveillance – what do patients think?
N Tyson, A Abbas, C N McCollum
Academic Surgery Unit, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester,

6. Pre-operative GFR <60 is not predictive of the development of contrast induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) in patients undergoing endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR)
C McKenna, M Madan
Royal Oldham Hospital

7. THE EFFICACY OF THE PRIMARY EXTENSION TECHNIQUE IN THE PREVENTION OF DIALYSIS ACCESS- ASSOCIATED STEAL SYNDROME (DASS)
P Casey, H Al-Khaffaf, Royal Blackburn Hospital
East Lancashire, UK

8. Correlation between Oral Health and Prosthetic Vascular Graft Infection
J. Porter, S. Thomas, R. Richardson, J. Ghosh.
University Hospital of South Manchester

9. VTE incidence in a DGH over twelve month period
P Eakin, C Humphreys, H Teague,, L Bland, S Dimitri

19.30 Guest lecture: Professor J Scott- President of the vascular society (A year at the vascular society)

20.00 Buffet Dinner- Announcement of the winning paper