Letter from the Editors
Prof. Miltos Matsagkas, Editor in Chief – Prof. John Kakisis Senior Editor
Letter from the President οf Hellenic Society of Vascular and Endovascular surgery
Prof. Kyriakos D. Ktenidis,President of HSVES

Intentional targeted false lumen occlusion after aortic type B dissection: Where do we stand?

Konstantinos Spanos ^1,2, Nikolaos Tsilimparis ³, Fiona Rohlffs ¹, Tilo Kolbel ^1
1 German Aortic Center, Department of Vascular Medicine, University Heart Center, Hamburg, Germany
² Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine,School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
³ Department of Vascular Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Pages: 1-2

Reinterventions after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
John D. Kakisis¹, Konstantinos G. Moulakakis¹, George Sfyroeras¹, Andreas M. Lazaris¹, Christos D. Liapis¹,Stavros Spiliopoulos², Elias Brountzos², George Geroulakos^1
1Department of Vascular Surgery, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece
²2nd Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece
Pages: 3-8

Aneurysm-related complications and life-long reinterventions after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Christos D. Karkos, FRCS Vascular Unit, 5th Department of Surgery, Medical School, Hippokratio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Pages: 9-10

Preservation of internal iliac artery during endovascular repair of abdominal aneurysmal disease
G. Kouvelos^1,2, P. Nana^1,2, D. Xanthopoulos¹, M. Peroulis¹, E. Arnaoutoglou^3,4, S. Koutsias¹, G. Papadopoulos³, M. Matsagkas^1,2
1Department of Surgery-Vascular Surgery Unit, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
²Department of Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
³Department of Anesthesiology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
⁴Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
Pages: 13-19

Endovascular techniques for preserving hypogastric arteries
Konstantinos G. Moulakakis Department of Vascular Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Greece
Pages: 20-21

Female gender may be a predictor of poor clinical outcome after infrainguinal bypass surgery in patients with foot gangrene
Andreas M. Lazaris, MD^1,2, Sotiria Mastoraki, MD¹, Maria Karouki, MD¹, Konstantinos Seretis, MD¹,
Evangelos Kontopantelis, PhD³, Konstantinos Moulakakis, MD², John Kakisis, MD², George Sfyroeras, MD², Christos Verikokos, MD², George Geroulakos, MD, PhD², Spyros Vasdekis, MD, PhD^1,2
1Vascular Unit, 3^rd Surgical Department, Attikon Teaching Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
²Vascular Surgery Department, Attikon Teaching Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
³University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Pages: 22-28

Identifying the right patient for iliofemoral venous stenting
Efthymios D. Avgerinos, MD Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA
Pages: 29-34

Applied statistics in vascular surgery Part 1: Choosing between parametric and non-parametric tests
Constantine N. Antonopoulos, John D. Kakisis Department of Vascular Surgery, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
Pages: 36-37

Popliteal artery cystic adventitial disease: A case report and a review of the current literature
Petroula Nana MD¹, Georgios Kouvelos MD, MsC, PhD¹, Nikolaos Rousas MD, MsC, PhD¹, Eleni Arnaoutoglou MD, PhD², Athanasios Giannoukas MD, MsC, PhD, FEBVS¹, Miltiadis Matsagkas MD, PhD, FEBVS^1
1Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Larisa, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece
²Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Larisa, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece
Pages: 38-40

Traumatic superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm in a patient under DOAC: a case report
Petroula Nana¹, M.D., Nikolaos Rousas¹, M.D., MSc, PhD, Georgios Kouvelos¹, M.D., MSc, PhD, Ioannis Vasilopoulos¹, M.D., Eleni Arnaoutoglou², M.D., PhD, Miltiadis Matsagkas¹, M.D., PhD
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
Pages: 41-42

Lymphocele after AV graft; a rare complication
Konstantinos Spanos, MD, MSc, PhD, Ioannis Vasilopoulos, MD, MSc, Athanasios D. Giannoukas, MD, MSc, PhD, FEBVS
Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
Page: 44

Endoleak imitation after EVAR
Petroula N. Nana, Nikolaos I. Rousas, Miltiadis I. Matsagkas Department of Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
Page: 45