How do you tease out venous hypertension symptoms from other concurrent symptoms?

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SuperCourse: Superficial & Deep Venous Disease

Lesson 45 • 29 Nov 2023

How do you tease out venous hypertension symptoms from other concurrent symptoms?

with Dr. Kush Desai, Dr. Steven Abramowitz, Dr. Christopher Beck

Course overview

Explore venous disease topics in the "Superficial and Deep Venous Disease Supercourse." Led by experts, delve into foam sclerotherapy, treatment algorithms, and advanced techniques. Gain insights and enhance your understanding through Q&A modules and reflective practices.

4 hours, 78 lessons

Lessons

Foam Sclerotherapy for Superficial Venous Disease with Dr. Chris Pittman

Lesson 1

What are the types of sclerosants out there and briefly discuss what you use?

Lesson 2

Is there a difference in sclerosing agents when it comes to reimbursement?

Lesson 3

Where and how is the best way to learn foam sclerotherapy?

Lesson 4

Can you walk us through your typical workup?

Lesson 5

How do you document compliance with compression hose for the payers?

Lesson 6

Can you walk through the foam sclerotherapy procedure, and are you doing it in combination with RF or laser ablation?

Lesson 7

Do you have any tips or tricks for perforators and keeping the foam out of the deep system?

Lesson 8

Knowing you don't want to undertreat or overtreat what other tips do you have?

Lesson 9

Do you ever have patients take ibuprofen for a few days?

Lesson 10

How long do you have them wear stockings after foam treatments?

Lesson 11

What do you think is the future of foam for treatment of superficial venous disease?

Treatment Algorithms for Superficial Venous Disease with Dr. Raghu Kolluri

Lesson 12

Tell us about the CEAP classification for superficial venous disease

Lesson 13

Can you tell us how these patients present in your practice and how you begin your work-up?

Lesson 14

Walk us through your workup for more advanced C4-6 disease

Lesson 15

When there is both superficial and deep venous disease, how do you decide where to start?

Lesson 16

Why is it a good strategy to have a patient focused algorithm?

Lesson 17

How do you approach treating a perforator?

Lesson 18

Tell us when and how you perform phlebectomy

Lesson 19

How do you manage patients with coexisting lymphedema, diabetes, infected ulcers or even coexisting PAD?

Lesson 20

How often are you treating severe venous disease with co-existing lymphedema?

Lesson 21

What is your compression stocking algorithm after you've done a treatment?

Lesson 22

Can you tell us about the specialty recognition for vascular medicine?

Management of Vulvar Varices with Dr. Brooke Spencer

Lesson 23

How common is the problem of vulvar varices and how do patients usually present?

Lesson 24

Can you talk about your algorithm and workup for the different ways these patients present?

Lesson 25

Can you speak to the hurdles of insurance reimbursement for treatment?

Lesson 26

It's hard to give patients an accurate prediction if they're covered or not, how do you deal with this?

Lesson 27

Can you tell us more about your imaging work up for these patients?

Lesson 28

Can you tell us how you set up, do the procedure, and then post-procedure care?

Lesson 29

Have you found ways to help with compression in the region?

Lesson 30

What are your endpoints when working without fluoroscopic guidance?

Lesson 31

What coils do you like to use for both gonadal and internal iliac vein embolizations?

Lesson 32

Any other technical pearls about how you do these procedures?

Lesson 33

When do you see these patients in follow up?

Advanced Pelvic Venous Duplex with Dr. Kathleen Gibson

Lesson 34

Tell us about the SVP classification and how you use it.

Lesson 35

Can you describe how you integrate your practice with your vascular lab technologist?

Lesson 36

How do you get your technologists trained to use these tests in their practice?

Lesson 37

Do you feel progress is being made with preoperative ultrasound?

Lesson 38

What is your workup algorithm?

Lesson 39

How do you follow these patients post operatively?

Lesson 40

How do we continue to improve ultrasound and get more techs to do it?

Iliofemoral Stenting: Decision-Making & Best Practices Explored with Dr. Kush Desai & Dr. Steven Abramowitz

Lesson 41

Why do we care about venous disease and why is it that big of a problem?

Lesson 42

Can you talk about how these deep venous patients present?

Lesson 43