EDITORIAL
Women in vascular surgery: Every coin has two sides

Nana Petroula, Kölbel Tilo
German Aortic Center, Department of Vascular Medicine, University Heart and Vascular Center, UKE, Hamburg, Germany

AORTIC DISEASE
The Practice of Ultrasound Guided Foam Sclerotherapy in Varicose Veins of Lower Limbs in Greece
During the Years of Economic Crisis, Compared with Today: Have Things Changed

Konstantinos Seretis, Sophia Tzamtzidou, Dimitra Manou, Nikolaos Giannakopoulos, Konstantinos Roditis, Theofanis Papas
 Department of Vascular Surgery, Korgialenio – Benakio Hellenic Red Cross General Hospital, Athens, Greece

REVIEW
Contemporary Role of IVC Filters and Advanced Retrieval Techniques

Alexandra Tsirigoti, MD1, Vasileios Bouris, MD2, Efthymios Avgerinos, MD1,2,3
1 Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Athens, University General Hospital “ATTIKON”, Athens, Greece
2 Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece
3 Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

CASE REPORTS
Use of hybrid techniques for the treatment of Leriche syndrome with repeated occlusions of the infrarenal aorta, after failed endovascular and open repairs

Apostolos G. Pitoulias, Efthymios Beropoulis, MD, Dimitrios Kapetanios, MD, Konstantinos P. Donas
Rhein Main Vascular Center, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Asklepios Clinics Langen, Paulinen Wiesbaden,
Seligenstadt, Germany

Isolated visceral arteries dissection: Report of three cases and literature review

Christiana Anastasiadou, MD, MSc, PhDc1, Christos Giankoulof MD2, Christos Bekos, MD3, Orestis Ioannidis, MD, MSc, PhD3,
Stamatis Angelopoulos MD, PhD3, Andreas Thomopoulos, MD3, Angelos Megalopoulos MD, PhD1
1 Department of Vascular and Endovascular surgery, “Georgios Papanikolaou” General Hospital of Thessaloniki
2 Radiology Department, “Georgios Papanikolaou” General Hospital of Thessaloniki
3 4th Department of Surgery, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, “Georgios Papanikolaou” General Hospital of
Thessaloniki

Open surgical repair of a giant iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm of the profunda femoral artery. A case report and review of the literature

Christos Argyriou, MD, PhD1, Ioannis Chrysafis, MD2, Georgios Kipouros, MD3, Panagiotis Kostoglou, MD4, Efstratios I. Georgakarakos, MD, PhD1, George S. Georgiadis, MD, PhD1

 1Department of Vascular Surgery, Medical Faculty, “Democritus” University of Thrace, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis,
Thrace, Greece
2Department of Interventional Radiology and Medical Imaging, Medical Faculty, “Democritus” University of Thrace, University
General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Thrace, Greece
3Department of Cardiology, Medical Faculty, “Democritus” University of Thrace, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis,
Thrace, Greece
4School of Medicine, Medical Faculty, “Democritus” University of Thrace, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Thrace,
Greece

VASCULAR IMAGE
Penetrating carotid artery injury

Andreas Tsimpoukis1, Petros Zampakis2, Vasilios Argitis3, Spyros Papadoulas1

1 Vascular Surgery Department, Patras University Hospital, Patras-Greece
2 Department of Radiology, Patras University Hospital, Patras-Greece
3 Vascular Surgery Department, “Konstantopouleio” General Hospital of Nea Ionia, Athens-Greece

Ruptured Degenerative Common Femoral Artery Aneurysm

Emmanouil Barmparessos, Pavlos Georgiou, Andreas Tsimpoukis, Christos Pitros, Spyros Papadoulas
Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Patras, Rio, 26504, Greece