Frank Vermassen

TL;DR: The GVG proposes a new Global Anatomic Staging System (GLASS), which involves defining a preferred target artery path (TAP) and then estimating limb-based patency (LBP) resulting in three stages of complexity for intervention.

TL;DR: Management of Atherosclerotic Carotid and Vertebral Disease: 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) is published.

TL;DR: The management of Descending Thoracic Aorta Diseases: Clinical Practice Guidelines of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) as mentioned in this paper is a guideline for the management of thoracic aorta diseases.

TL;DR: The current joint position is that the initiation of beta blockers in patients who will undergo non-cardiac surgery should not be considered routine, but should be considered carefully by each patient's treating physician on a case-by-case basis.

TL;DR: Among patients with (suspected) NSCLC, a staging strategy combining endosonography and surgical staging compared with surgical staging alone resulted in greater sensitivity for mediastinal nodal metastases and fewer unnecessary thoracotomies.