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EVF - Prize Winners
Each year, during the Annual Meeting, the EVF Prize is awarded to the best presentation, scored on originality and quality. Prizes are awarded to 3rd, 2nd and 1st place.
We are pleased to present the prize winners since the inaugural meeting in Lyon in 2000.
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10th Annual Meeting, 5th-7th June
2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
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| 1st Prize |
Intraluminal fibre-tip centering can improve endovenous laser ablation: A histological study.
M Vuylsteke, J van Dorpe (1), J Roelens (2), D Bo Th, S Mordon (3)
Department of Vascular Surgery, Sint-Andriesziekenhuis, Tielt, Belgium
(1) Department of Pathology, Heilig-Hartziekenhuis, Roeselare, Belgium
(2) Department of Pathology, Sint-Andriesziekenhuis, Tielt, Belgium
(3) INSERM U 703, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
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| 2nd Prize |
Atresia of the inferior vena cava and iliofemoral venous thrombosis. Experiences with catheter-directed thrombolysis.
R Broholm, N Baekgaard, S Just, M Jorgensen, L Panduro Jensen
Department of Vascular Surgery, Department of Radiology and the Thrombosis Centre, Gentofte University Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark
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| 3rd Prize |
Medium-term follow-up of a randomized trial comparing laser ablation with stripping of the GSV. Recurrence rate and pattern after 2 years.
LH Rasmussen, M Lawaetz, L Bjoern, B Lawaetz, A Blemings, B Eklof
The Danish Vein Centres and Surgical Clinic, Roskilde, Denmark |
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9th Annual Meeting,
26th – 28th June 2008,
Barcelona, Spain
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| 1st Prize |
Inelastic compression increases venous ejection fraction more than elastic bandages.
G Mosti 1, V Mattaliano 1, H Partsch 2
1Angiology Department, Clinica MD, Barbantini, Lucca, Italy
2 Private Practice, Vienna, Austria
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| 2nd Prize |
Side effects and complications of foam sclerotherapy of the great and small saphenous veins: A controlled multicentre prospective study including 1025 patients.
JL Gillet, JM Guedes, JJ Guex, C Hamel-Desnos, M Schadeck, M Lauseker, FA Allaert. Vascular Medicine-Phlebology, Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
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| 3rd Prize |
Progression of chronic venous disease in post-thrombotic limbs is more rapid when compared to primary.
AP Gasparis 1, N Labropoulos 1, D Pefanis 2, LR Leon 3,
SB Psalms 3, AK Tassiopoulos 1
1 Division of Vascular Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Centre, Stony Brook, NY,
2 Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ, 3 Vascular Surgery Section, University of Arizona health Science Centre, Tuscon, AZ, USA |
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8th Annual Meeting,
29th June – 1 July 2007,
Istanbul, Turkey
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| 1st Prize |
Haemodynamic assessment of iliac veins and their relation with the sapheno-femoral junction
P Brazis(1), R Piotrowicz(1), N Labropoulos(2), A Jawien(1)
(1)Department of Surgery, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland, (2)Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ USA
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| 2nd Prize |
Is hypoxia a feature of varicose vein disease?
B Sharp(1,2), BT Navin(1), C Monaco(1,2), E Paleolog(1,2), AH Davies(2)
(1)Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College, London, UK, (2)Charing Cross Hospital Department of Surgery, Oncology and Anaesthetics (SORA), Imperial College, London, UK
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| 3rd Prize |
Can postocclusive reactive hyperemia improve evaluation of venous obstruction in patients with chronic venous disease?
DJ Paolini, AJ Comerota, LS Jones.
Jobst Vascular Center, The Toledo Hospital, Toledo, Ohio, USA |
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7th Annual Meeting, 29 June - 1 July 2006, London, UK |
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| 1st Prize |
Continuous ambulatory venous pressure monitoring. A step forward in quantifying venous reflux
Eifell RKG (1), Ashour HY (1), Lees TA (2). (1) Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, (2) Northern Vascular Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
| 2nd Prize |
A patient self-administered quality of life questionnaire to complement clinical and vascular laboratory assessments of varicose veins.
Van Rij AM, Chen T, Macfarlane J, Landmann MC. Department of Surgery, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand |
| 3rd Prize |
Venous hypertension induced venous insufficiency ameliorated by Daflon 500mg
Pascarella L (1), Lulic D (2), Alsaigh T (1), Lee J (1), Kapur V (1), Schmid-Schonbein G (1), Bergan J (2). (1) Department of Bioengineering, (2), Department of Surgery, UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA |
Winners of 1st and 2nd place receive a scholarship to enable them to travel to the next meeting of the American Venous Forum to present their abstract |
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6th Annual Meeting, 24-26 June 2005, Crete, Greece |
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| 1st Prize |
Natural history and early outcome of calf deep venous thrombosis
Labropoulos N, Bhatti A, Leon L, Patel PJ.
Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, Illinois 60153-3304, USA |
| 2nd Prize |
External ultrasonic valvuloplasty
Milleret R, Pichardo S, Chapelon JY, Pichot O, Curiel L, Lacoste F.
Inserm U 556, Lyon, France |
| 3rd Prize |
What is potentially the right factor XIII for venous leg ulcer treatment?
Tognazzo S, Gemmati D, Catozzi L, Carandina S, Pallazo A, Fortini P,
Scapoli GL, Zamboni P.
Center Study Haemostasis & Thrombosis and Center for Vascular Diseases, University of Ferrara, Italy |
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5th Annual Meeting, 25-27 June 2004, Warsaw, Poland |
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| 1st Prize |
Reentry ways in varicose disease
Winczakiewicz J, Borkiewicz M.
Prywatne Centrum Chirurgi, Torun, Poland |
| 2nd Prize |
Contraindication for pelvic varices embolisation due to anomalies in the iliocaval sector
Leal Monedero J, Zubicoa Ezpeleta S, Castro Castro J, Sanchez Guerrero A, Grimberg M.
Hospital Ruber Internacional, Madrid, Spain |
| 3rd Prize |
Saphenofemoral venous channels associated with recurrent varicose veins are not neovascular
El Wajeh Y (1), Giannoukas AD (1), Gulliford CJ (2), Suvarna SK (2), Chan P (1).
(1) Sheffield Vascular Institute; (2) Department of Histopathology, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK |
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4th Annual Meeting, 27-29 June 2003, Lisbon, Portugal |
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| 1st Prize |
20-year prospective epidemiological study on the development of varicose veins from childhood to adulthood (BOCHUM study I-IV)
Schultz-Ehrenburg U (1), Reich S (2), Robak-Pawelczyk B (2), Altmeyer P (2), Stucker M (2). (1) Health Center of Berlin-Weissensee, Dermatology and Phlebology, Berlin Germany and (2) Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Rubr-University, Bochum, Germany. |
| 2nd Prize |
Evaluation of the venous severity score: Comparison with the health specific Aberdeen Varicose Vein Questionnaire and the Short Form 12 General Health Survey
Beresford TP, Smith JJ, Greenhalgh RM, Davies AH. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK |
| 3rd Prize |
The impact of primary chronic venous insufficiency progression in recurrent varicose vein disease
Kostas T, Ioannou CV, Touloupakis E, Daskalaki E, Tsetis D*, Kafetzakis A, Liamis A, Kafeza M, Giannoukas AD, Katsamouris AN. Division of Vascular Surgery and *Dept of Radiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, Crete, Greece |
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3rd Annual Meeting, 14-16th June 2002, Berlin, Germany |
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| 1st Prize |
Determining the risk of morphological and functional damage of nervus saphenus in dependence on the position of n. saphenus and v. saphena Magna
Veverkova L. 1st Surgical Clinic, Masarik University, Brno, Czech Republic |
Joint
2nd Prize |
The role of inferior epigastric vein in the pathogenesis of recurrent varicose veins of the groin: Based on colour coded duplex scanning
Staszkiewicz W, Madycki G, Hendiger W. Department of Vascular Surgery, Centre for Postgraduate Medical Studies, Warsaw, Poland
Minimally invasive surgical management of primary venous ulcers vs compression treatment: A long term randomized study
Zamboni P, Cisno C, Marchetti F, Quaglio D, Mazza P, Fogato L, Carandina S, dePalma M. Dept of Surgery, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy |
Joint
3rd Prize |
Venous thromboembolism-prophylaxis on a Saturday morning in a district hospital
Fassiadis N, Stavrianakis C, Moghraby OS, Gandhi P, Forde J, Desai A. Department of General Surgery, Bromley Hospital, London, England
Venous thrombi resolve in tissue-type plasminogen activator deficient mice (TPA-/-) but not in urokinase-type plasminogen activator deficient (UPA-/-) mice
Singh I, Collins M, Collen D, Burnand K, Waltham M, Smith A. Kings College, St Thomas' Campus, London, England |
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2nd Annual Meeting, 13-14th September 2001, Rome Italy |
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| 1st Prize |
Factors influencing recurrence of venous ulcers during long term followup
Blair SD, Hamsho A. Velthysen G, Mansell I. Wirral Hospital and Community Trusts, Wirral, UK |
| 2nd Prize |
Ultrasound anatomy of the anterior saphenous vein
Georgiev M, Ricci S, Caggiati A, Cappelli M. Rome and Florence, Italy |
| 3rd Prize |
The saphenofemoral valve-gatekeeper turned into rearguard
Fassiadis N, Holdstock JM, Whiteley MS. Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK |
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Inaugural Meeting, 29 June - 1 July 2000, Lyon, France |
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| 1st Prize |
Endothelin-B receptor bearing endothelial cells may mediate neo-vascularisation as a cause of varicose veins
Agu O, Dashwood MR, Hamilton G, Baker DM. University Department of Surgery, Royal Free and University College London Medical School. Royal Free Campus, Hampstead, London |
| 2nd Prize |
The effect of skin compression on capillary blood velocity in patients with combined arterial and venous disease
Shoab SS, Howlader M, Coleridge-Smith PD. Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School |
| 3rd Prize |
Symptoms and venous haemodynamics in a varicose vein population according to the CEAP classification
Iborra E, Cairols MA, Linares P, Ballon H. Ciutat Sanitaria I Universitaria de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de LL Barcelona (Catalonia), Spain |
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