Invited Commentary
Complex endovascular aortic repair in Greece: first steps towards centralization
Athanasios Katsargyris
Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Nürnberg, Germany

Endovascular treatment of ruptured pararenal abdominal aortic aneurysm using the Chimney technique
George Kouvelos¹, Konstantinos Spanos¹, Petroula Nana¹, Konstantinos Mpatzalexis¹, Nikolaos Rousas¹, Metaxia Mpareka², Elena Arnaoutoglou², Athanasios Giannoukas¹, Miltiadis Matsagkas^1
1Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
²Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Invited Commentary
Chimney technique: pushing the envelope of the endovascular treatment of ruptured pararenal abdominal aortic aneurysms
John D. Kakisis
Department of Vascular Surgery, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘’Attikon’’ University Hospital, Athens, Greece

PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE
Management of splanchnic arterial aneurysms – a case series
Konstantinos Filis, Fragiska Sigala, George Galyfos, Loukas Rentifis, Vasilis Kotsarinis, Konstantinos Zarmakoupis, Georgios Zografos
First Propaedeutic Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippocration Hospital, Athens, Greece

CAROTID DISEASE
Assessment of Voice, Eating, Reflux and Swallowing Impairment in Carotid
Endarterectomy patients using Scores questionnaires
Stelios Koutsias, MD, PhD^1,2, Vasileios A. Lachanas, MD³, Konstantinos Spanos, MD, MSc, PhD¹, Athanasios Athanasoulas, MD, MSc¹, Eleni Karoni, MD³, Athanasios D. Giannoukas, MD, MSc, PhD, FEBVS^1
1Department of Vascular Surgery, of University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
²Department of Surgery-Vascular Surgery Unit, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
³Department of Otorhinolaryngology of University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Modular e-learning for a practical skill in vascular surgery
Nikolaos Patelis¹, Francisco Rielo Arias², Luca Bertoglio³, Sean J. Matheiken⁴, Jonathan D. Beard^5
1Department of Vascular Surgery, Athens Heart Center, Athens Medical Center, Marousi, Athens – Greece
²Department of Vascular Surgery, Lucus Augusti University Hospital, Lugo – Spain
3Unità Funzionale di Chirurgia Endovascolare, Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Hospital, Milano – Italy
⁴Bedfordshire-Milton Keynes Vascular Centre, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Bedford – United Kingdom
⁵Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, UK; Professor of Medical Education, Royal College of Surgeons in England, London – United Kingdom

Applied statistics in vascular surgery Part V: The use of Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazard regression model
Constantine N. Antonopoulos¹, Efthymios D. Avgerinos², John, Kakisis^1
1Department of Vascular Surgery, Athens University Medical School, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
²Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Post-EVAR aneurysm sac enlargement: When conventional screening tests fail, laparotomy remains the key to findings
Anastasiadou Christiana¹, Kastrisios George¹, Kolliopoulou Georgia², Papapetrou Anastasios¹, Sofianou Antonia², Sachmpazidis Ioannis¹, Maltezos Chrisostomos^1
1Vascular Surgery Department – “KAT” General Hospital of Athens, Greece
²Anesthesiology Department – “KAT” General Hospital of Athens, Greece

Total endovascular repair of aortic arch dissection using parallel graft technique
Konstantinos Tigkiropoulos MD¹, Dimitrios Mpliamplias MD², Ioakeim Papoutsis MD¹, Nikolaos Zacharopoulos MD¹, Manolis Ampatzis MD-MSc¹, Kyriakos Stavridis MD-MSc¹, Dimitrios Karamanos MD-PhD¹, Ioannis Lazaridis MD-PhD¹, Nikolaos Saratzis MD-PhD^1
1Vascular Unit, 1st University Surgical Department, Aristotle University, General Hospital of Papageorgiou, Thessaloniki, Greece
²Anesthesiology Department, General Hospital of Papageorgiou, Thessaloniki, Greece

A single center early experience with the AnacondaTM Fenestrated device used for the treatment of a para-renal abdominal aortic aneurysm: A case report
Panagiotis G. Theodoridis MD, MSc¹, Vasilios Argitis MD, MSc¹, Ilias Dodos, MD, MSc, PhD¹, Anastasios Potouridis, MD, MSc¹, Evaggelia Mastrokosta MD², Nikolaos Patelis, MD, MSc, PhD³, Konstantinos Dervisis, MD, PhD^1
1Department of Vascular Surgery, “Konstantopouleio” General Hospital of Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece
²Anesthesiology Department, “Konstantopouleio” General Hospital of Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece
³Athens Medical Centre, Athens, Greece

Endovascular Approach for the Treatment of a Distal Aortic Arch Aneurysm in a Nonagenarian Patient
Petroula Nana¹, Konstantinos Spanos¹, Konstantinos Mpatzalexis¹, Aikaterini Koutsothymiou², Eleni Arnaoutoglou², Miltiadis Matsagkas^1
1Department of Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
²Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece