Program
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Welcome to our 29th edition of the Vascular Symposium.
9:05 AM to 10:30 AM – Incisional surgical site infection
Moderators: Geert Lauwers (Genk, Belgium) & Valerie Waelbers (Deurne, Belgium)
- Surgical site infection: classification, risk factors and prevention
Annette Schuermans (Leuven, Belgium) - Treatment of surgical site infection after vascular surgery
Lijckle Van der Laan (Breda, The Netherlands) - Technical aspects of vascularized muscular flaps
Zoltan Szeberin (Budapest, Hungary) - Prophylactic negative pressure therapy for groin incisions
Georgios Antoniou (Manchester, United Kingdom)
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM – Coffee break
11:00 AM to 12:00 AM – Diagnosis of vascular graft infection
Moderators: Philip Lerut (Kortrijk, Belgium) & Philippe Remy (Charleroi, Belgium)
- Definition and epidemiology of vascular graft infection
Hozan Mufty (Leuven, Belgium) - Imaging for vascular graft infection
Ben Saleem (Groningen, The Netherlands) - Importance of deep cultures before starting antibiotics
Rainer Gattringer (Wels-Grieskirchen, Austria)
12:00 PM to 12:15 PM – Hospithera Award
Attribution by Frank Vermassen, President of BSVS
- Presentation of the winning paper
12:15 PM to 12:30 PM – Quality indicators in vascular surgery
- Status of the project
Donna Peerboom (Project Assistant – Leuven, Belgium)
12:30 PM to 2:00 PM – Lunch
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM – Treatment of vascular graft infection
Moderators: Maxime Elens (Brussels, Belgium) & Frank Vermassen (Ghent, Belgium)
- In situ versus ex situ reconstruction ; complete versus partial excision
Thomas Wyss (Bern, Switzerland) - Graft materials for in situ reconstruction
Patrick Vriens (Tilburg, The Netherlands) - Graft centric fistulae: stent graft as a temporary or definite solution
Xavier Berard (Bordeaux, France) - Antimicrobial management
Eric Senneville (Lille, France)
3:30 PM to 4:00 PM – Prevention of vascular graft infection
- Current strategies to prevent vascular graft infection
Bas Vierhout (Assen, The Netherlands)
4:00 PM to 4:50 PM – A glimpse into the future
- Bacteriophages
Rob Lavigne (Leuven, Belgium) - Inhibitors of biofilm formation
Hans Steenackers (Leuven, Belgium)
4:50 PM to 5:00 PM – Closing remarks
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