Preliminary Scientific Program

Hungarian Venous Forum

Preliminary Scientific Program

 Thursday, 5 November

 

10:30 - 12:30

ANOTHER PHLEBOLOGY SESSION – 1

Chair: Gloviczki P (USA), Zernovicky F (Slovakia), Bihari I (Hungary)

Presentation 4 min, discussion 1 min


1. Zernovicky F (Slovakia): How to Avoid Nerve Injury During SSV ablation: Four

effective strategies beyond the textbooks

2. Bihari  I (Hungary): What Flow is Within the Solidified Glue?

3. Akesson ML (Sweden): Solutio Catheter for Treatment and Tumescent

Anaesthesia

4. Szolnoky Gy (Hungary): Measurement of Cell-mediated Immunity in Persons

with and without Venous Leg Ulcers Using Tuberculin Skin Test

5. Phelan N (Ireland): Comparative Pre-Clinical Histopathological Evaluation of

Acute Vein Wall Response Following Mechanical-Only Treatment with the ClariVein

and InVera Infusion Devices

6. Slavin DA (Russia): Laser Crossectomy in EVLA: from the Anatomical

Perfectionism of the Flush Technique to Simultaneous AASV Obliteration

7. Flor A (Austria): Effectiveness And Safety Of The Slim Vs. Swift Fiber In

Combination With a Smart Pullback Device

8. Karniyevich S (Belorus): Vacuum-Assisted Endovenous Laser Ablation for

Saphenous Veins >15 mm: Rationale and Design of a Multicentre Randomised

Comparative Study

9. Üzeyir Yılmaz, Muhammet Turhan (Türkiye): Radiofrequency Ablation Versus

Stripping in Great Saphenous Veins 10–15 mm in Diameter: A Two-Year

Comparative Study

10. Simka M (Poland): Hybrid Chemical Ablation For The Treatment Of Large

Varicose Veins Using The Cyanoacrylate Glue And Foam Sclerotherapy

11. Sipka B (Hungary): Differences in Tributary and Perforator Vein Management

Among Hungarian and International Venous Specialists

12. Parikov M.A. (Russia): 10-Year Experience with Endovenous Laser Obliteration

for the Elimination of Unwanted Veins of the Upper Extremities

13. Pozniakova O (Belarus): Technique and Results of the CLACS Procedure

for the Treatment of Unaesthetic Veins

14. Bouayed NM (Algeria): How to manage recurrent varicose veins?

15. Riabinska O (Ukraine): Persistent Sciatic Vein: Variability of Anatomy and

Clinical Manifestations.

16. Hoxha S,  (Albania): From Amputation Threat to Limb Salvage: Percutaneous

Venous Intervention in Advanced Chronic Venous Insufficiency with Non-Healing

Ulceration — The Shkelqim Protocol

17. Bakhishev TE (Russia): Choice Of Treatment Strategy For Patients With Anterior

Nutcracker Syndrome Using Da Vinci Robot-Assisted Surgery

18. Albana Kenga (Albenia): Successful Endovenous Laser Ablation in a Renal

Transplant Recipient with Chronic Immunosuppression, Prior Femoral Deep Vein

Thrombosis, and Thrombocytopenia: A Challenging Case Report

19. Umarov, FR (Uzbekistan): Ultrasound-Guided Cyanoacrylate Ablation of

Incompetent Perforator Veins: Technical Feasibility and Safety in Recurrent

Varicose Veins

20. Sipka B (Hungary): The First Practical Role of Ai in a Venous Practice: Patient

Education and Digital Navigation

21. Okic A (Bosnia-Herzegovina): Biohumoral answer after sclerotharapy

22. Zakeryaev AB (Russia): Innovative Hybrid Treatment For May-Thurner

Syndrome: Robotic Decompression With Balloon Angioplasty

23. Shushanik Simonyan (Russia): Varicose veins of the vulva: always separate or in

combination with varicose veins of the lower extremities?"

24. Zsolt Pécsvárady (Hungary): Invasive treatment of a serious proximal deep vein

thrombosis

12:30 - 13:15

LUNCH

13:15 - 13:30

OPENING

13:15 - 13:20

Opening Speech

A. Kürşat Bozkurt

13:20 - 13:30

What is Another Phlebology?

Imre Bihari

13:30 - 15:30

COMPRESSION ANNO 2026

Chairs: Giovanni Mosti, Tobias Hirsch

13:30 - 13:40

Compression to Treat Superficial Venous Disease

Alun Davies

13:40 - 13:48

Compression in the Management of Deep Venous Disease

Giovanni Mosti

13:48 - 13:56

Compression in the Management of Lymphoedema

Tanja Planinsek Rucigaj

13:56 - 14:04

How to Deal with Work Place Oedema?

Tobias Hirsch

14:04 - 14:12

Compression Adherence and Patient Self Motivation in Teatment

14:12 - 14:20

Compression after SVI Interventions

Igor Zolotukhin

14:20 - 14:24

Selected Abstract - 1

14:24 - 14:36

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

14:36 - 14:48

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

14:48 - 15:00

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

15:00 - 15:30

PANEL DISCUSSION

15:30 - 16:00

COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 16:18

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Speaker: Peter Gloviczki

16:18 - 17:30

GUIDELINE UPDATE

Chairs: Anil Hingorani, A. Kürşat Bozkurt

16:18 - 16:26

Updated on AVF Leg Ulcer Guidelines

Monica Gloviczki

16:26 - 16:34

ESVS Guidelines on Superficial Venous Disease

Marie Jose Van Rijn

16:34 - 16:42

Gudelines on SVT/VTE

Manj Gohel

16:42 - 16:50

Pitfalls in Gudelines! Why We Need to Do Better with Quality and

Implementation?

Dan Carradice

16:50 - 16:54

Selected Abstract – 2

Cardiovascular disease in chronic venous disease: a systematic review and

meta-analysis.  Joseph Nicholson, Balraj S Maan, Konstantinos K,  Rachel Low,

Sarah Onida, Alun H. Davies

16:54 - 17:06

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

17:06 - 17:18

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

17:18 - 17:30

PANEL DISCUSSION

17:30 – 19:30

Welcome Coctail + Concert

 

Friday, 6 November

 

08:00 - 10:00

PELVIC VENOUS DISEASE

Chairs: Marald Wikkeling, Mark Whiteley

08:00 - 08:08

SVP Classification Unraveled

Marald Wikkeling

08:08 - 08:13

DEBATE: Should A Diagnosed MTS Treated First in PeVD
Yes

Cees Wittens

08:13 - 08:18

DEBATE: Should A Diagnosed MTS Treated First in PeVD
No

Mark Whiteley

08:18 - 08:26

Treatment of Male PVD

Serkan Ketenciler

08:26 - 08:34

Differential Diagnosis of PEVD

Marald Wikkeling

08:34 - 08:42

Investigation of Patients with PEVD

Carsten Arnoldussen

08:42 - 08:50

Guidelines on PEVD - What is Emerging!

Neil Khilnani

08:50 - 08:54

Selected Abstract – 3


Radiation exposure in primary deep endovenous interventions involving the iliac

vein  Isabel Manteca Björkman, Carlota Fernandez Prendes, Sara Bruce, Gustaf

Tegler
Resolution of Alcock's Canal Syndrome Following Ultrasound-Guided Foam

Sclerotherapy of Vulvar Varices in Pelvic Venous Disorder: Pudendal Nerve

Decompression or Diagnostic Coincidence? I.M. Toonder

08:54 - 09:06

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

09:06 - 09:18

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

09:18 - 09:35

PANEL DISCUSSION

09:35 - 10:00

Eberhard Rabe Memorial Lecture Felicitas Pannier, Alun Davies, Cees

Wittens

10:00 - 10:30

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 12:30

TREATMENT OF SUPERFICIAL VENOUS PATHOLOGY

Chairs: Luca Palombi, Igor Suchkov

10:30 - 10:35

DEBATE: Treating Competent Veins will Become the Norm to Reduce

Recurrence
Yes

Tobias Hirsch

10:35 - 10:40

DEBATE: Treating Competent Veins will Become the Norm to Reduce

Recurrence
No

Peter Gloviczki

10:40 - 10:48

EHIT and Its Brothers and Sisters

Lowell Kabnick

10:48 - 10:56

Experience of 2000 Perforator Vein Closure with Glue

Imre Bihari

10:56 - 11:04

Non-thermal Hifu Ablation of Varicose Veins by Cavitation: First

Human Study

Rene Milleret, Z. Galadja, O. Pichot

11:04 - 11:12

Special Considerations When Treating the GSV and SSV Reflux

Frank Zernovicky

11:12 - 11:20

CVI and Neuropathy

Nina Mzhavandze

11:20 - 11:24

Selected Abstract – 4


The use of thermal imaging as a diagnostic tool in superficial venous disease – early

results.
Marwah Salih, Jessica Bowie, Thomas Pither, Matthew Tan, Sarah Onida, Alun

Davies
The risk of varicose vein recurrence over time after modern interventions: a

Bayesian meta-analysis.
Lobastov Kirill, Skopintsev Ivan, Burlov Nikita, Kovalchuk Anna, Averin Damir,

Gritskova Irina, Naumova Elena, Laberko Leonid

11:24 - 11:36

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

11:36 - 11:48

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

11:48 - 12:00

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

12:00 - 12:30

PANEL DISCUSSION

12:30 - 13:30

LUNCH

13:30 - 15:30

AMERICAN VENOUS FORUM SESSION

Chairs: Kathleen Ozsvath, Rashad Bıshara

13:30 - 13:35

DEBATE: Duplex Examination Alone is Sufficient to Determine SVI

Intervention
Yes

Suat Doğancı

13:35 - 13:40

DEBATE: Duplex Examination Alone is Sufficient to Determine SVI

Intervention
No

Alun Davies, Marwah Salim

13:40 - 13:48

Treating SVI in the Presence of Deep Venous Disease

Kathleen Ozsvath

13:48 - 13:56

Total Venous Ablation: Benefits & Pitfalls

Luca Palombi

13:56 - 14:04

Spectrum Study: What have We Learnt and What Should We have

Done Differently?

Kathy Gibson

14:04 - 14:12

What are the Current Research Questions That need Answering in the

Management of SVI?

Sarah Onida

14:12 - 14:20

Phlebectomy vs Foam Which is Best and Why?

Tomasz Urbanek

14:20 - 14:24

Selected Abstract - 5

14:24 - 14:48

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

14:48 - 15:00

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

15:00 - 15:30

PANEL DISCUSSION

15:30 - 16:00

COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 18:00

TREATMENT OF DEEP VENOUS PATHOLOGY

Chairs: Michal Stanisic, Selim Aydın

16:00 - 16:10

Strategies in the Management of Venous Malformations

Chung Lim

16:10 - 16:18

Inflow Assesment for Deep Venous Stenting

Marie Jose Van Rijn

16:18 - 16:26

Mechanics of Stent Failure and How to Prevent Poor Outcomes?

Manj Gohel

16:26 - 16:34

Managing Venous Stent Occlusion - Options, Risk, and Results

Suat Doğancı

16:34 - 16:42

TBA

16:42 - 16:50

Edited Case - Iliac Vein Recanalisation

Michal Stanisic

16:50 - 16:54

Selected Abstract – 6


Impact of Baseline Deep Venous Reflux on Clinical Response Following

Cyanoacrylate Closure for Great Saphenous Vein Insufficiency
Abdurrahman Şeramet, Serkan Sönmez, Özer Gazioğlu, Volkan Burak Taban

16:54 - 17:06

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

17:06 - 17:18

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

17:18 - 17:30

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

17:30 - 18:00

PANEL DISCUSSION

19:00 – 22:00

Networking Dinner

 

Saturday, 8 November

 

08:00 - 10:00

VEIN & LYMPHATIC UNIVERSITY SESSION

Chairs: Lowell Kabnick, Victor Canata, Anil Hingorani, A. Kürşat Bozkurt

08:00 - 08:05

DEBATE
Commercial Foam is Best and Should be the Norm!

Lowell Kabnick

08:05 - 08:10

DEBATE
Automated Systems for Sclerosant Foam Preparation Should be

Choice!

Victor Canata

08:10 - 08:18

Role of Ultrasound in Cosmetic Phlebology

Anil Hingorani

08:18 - 08:26

Sousage Technique

Victor Canata

08:26 - 08:34

When and How We Should Treat Hand Veins?

Alexander Flor

08:34 - 08:42

Laser in the Management of Venous Flares

08:42 - 08:50

Esthetic Complications after Aclerotherapy

Eva Szabo

08:50 - 08:54

Selected Abstract – 7


Nd:YAG laser for the treatment of reticular veins: what needs to be known
Bukina OV, Kurbanov GI
Incidence, Temporal Development and Pathogenetic Variants of Telangiectatic

Mattings After Microsclerotherapy of Reticular Veins and Telangiectasia
Farhad R. Umarov, Azamat S. Suyumov, Matvey A. Parikov

08:54 - 09:06

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

09:06 - 09:18

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

09:18 - 09:30

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

09:30 - 10:00

PANEL DISCUSSION

10:00 - 10:30

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 12:30

TREATMENT OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM

Chairs: Kathleen Ozsvath, Tanzer Çalkavur

10:30 - 10:35

DEBATE: Preventing is Preventable: VTE Phrohylaxis Should Follow

Endovenous Ablation
Yes

Alun Davies

10:35 - 10:40

DEBATE: Preventing is Preventable: VTE Phrohylaxis Should Follow

Endovenous Ablation
No

Lowell Kabnick

10:40 - 10:48

Current Treatment of Superficial Vein Thrombosis

Kathleen Ozsvath

10:48 - 10:56

Optimal Imaging to Evaluate Acute DVT to Determine Treatment

Options

Carsten Arnoldussen

10:56 - 11:04

Technical Strategies for Early Thrombus Removal in Acute Ilofemoral

DVT

Michal Stanisic

11:04 - 11:12

Reasons for Early Re-occlusion after Venous Thrombectomy

Kathleen Gibson

11:12 - 11:20

New Generation Thrombectomy Devices

Selim Aydın

11:20 - 11:36

Selected Abstract – 8


Artificial intelligence models for venous thromboembolism risk assessment in adult

inpatients: a systematic review
Moshiegan Sasikaran, Abhavya Anand, Patryk Musko, Alun Davies
Outpatient treatment of patients with pulmonary embolism
Alvina S. Khachatryan, Evgeny I. Seliverstov, Igor A. Zolotukhin
Critical Appraisal of International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Venous

Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Major Trauma An AGREE II Study
Patryk Musko, Thomas Pither, Yana Murateva, Matthew Tan, Alun H. Davies
Percutaneous Mechanical Thrombectomy for Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens: A

Systematic Review of Limb Salvage and Mortality Outcomes
I. Tantry , B. C. Fernando , Gabriella , I. Joalsen M. T.

11:36 - 11:48

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

11:48 - 12:00

INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION

12:00 - 12:30

PANEL DISCUSSION

12:30 - 13:30

LUNCH

13:30 - 15:30

VENOUS ULCER CARE

Chairs: Gabor Menyhei, Vugar Fattah-Pur

13:30 - 13:35

DEBATE: Duplex Surveillance of Patients with C5 Disease Should be

the Norm?
Yes

Manj Gohel, Sarah Onida

13:35 - 13:40

DEBATE: Duplex Surveillance of Patients with C5 Disease Should be

the Norm?
No

Wijnand Van Gent

13:40 - 13:48

Treatment of Lipedema Anno 2026

Dilek Erer

13:48 - 13:56

Which Compression Devices Should We use for Patients with VLU?

13:56 - 14:04

Subdermal Plexus Injections to Cure Venous Leg Ulcers

Rashad Bıshara

14:04 - 14:12

Deep Venous Stenting in VLU Cees Wittens or Update on the Venous

Valve Project

TBA

14:12 - 14:20

What are the Key Research Questions to Answer in VLU Patients?

Peter Gloviczki

14:20 - 14:40

Selected Abstract - 9/12


RNA-Protein Discordance in Venous Leg Ulcer Healing: A Multi-Omic Integrative

Analysis. Matthew Tan
Capillaroscopy identifies unique capillary architecture between CEAP stages in

patients with chronic venous disease
J Bowie, S Onida, AH Davies
Changes in Microcirculation Parameters in the Treatment of Venous Ulsers in

Comorbid Patients
Andozhskaya Y.S., Akinkhova I.A.
Biological effects of sulodexide on venous endothelial cells
Suchkov Igor, Kalinin Roman, Mzhavanadze Nina, Abalenikhina Yulia, Surov Ivan

Strelnikova Ekaterina
The role of the microcirculation in chronic venous disease: an up-to-date synthesis
J Bowie, R Low, M Tan, S Onida, AH Davies

14:40 - 15:30

PANEL DISCUSSION

15:30 - 16:00

COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 17:30

ANOTHER PHLEBOLOGY SESSION - 2
Chair: Ozsvath K (USA), Puskás A (Romania), Bihari I (Hungary)

Presentation 4 min, discussion 1 min

1. Szabo A (Hungary): High-intensity-Focused Ultrasound Venous Ablation – First

Hungarian Results

2. Andozhskaya Y.S. (Russia): Changes In Microcirculation Parameters In The

Treatment Of Venous Ulsers In Comorbid Patients

3. Chernukha LM (Ukraine): From Device-Driven Energy Delivery to Data-Driven

Control: A Comparative Analysis of Modern Endovenous Thermal Ablation

Techniques in Chronic Venous Disease

4. Flor A (Austria): Endovenous Ablation of Leg Veins: Should We be More or Less

Radical?

5. Menyhei G (Hungary): International Variations in Varicose Vein Treatment: a

Registry Based Study

6. Mahmud M (Bosnia-Herzegovina): Endovenous Laser Ablation Combined with

Ultrasound-Guided Foam Sclerotherapy in Treatment And Prevention of Venous Leg Ulcers

7. Pozniakova O (Belarus): EVLA Protocols. Questions and Non-standard solutions

8. Rozsos I (Hungary): Venous Ulcer Treatment? Foam, What Else!

9. Björkman IM (Sweden): Radiation Exposure in Primary Deep Endovenous

Interventions Involving the Iliac Vein

10. Akulova A.A (Russia): Staged Endovascular Revascularization of the Iliac

Segment

11. Jaroslaw Kalemba (Poland): Occurrence of Pain Following Endovenous Laser

Ablation of Lower Limb Veins

12. Bihari I (Hungary): When is Liquid Better Than Foam?

13. Péter Boros (Hungary): Early and Mid-term Experiences with Flush Closure of

Sapheno-Femoral Junction Treating Varicose Vein Disease

14.  J Bowie (UK): Capillaroscopy Identifies Uniq  ue Capillary Architecture Between

Ceap Stages in Patients with Chronic Venous Disease

15. Marwah Salih (UK) The use of Thermal Imaging as a Diagnostic Tool in

Superficial Venous Disease – Early Results.

16. Alekseev DN (Kyrgyzistan): Calculation of the Optimal LEED when Performing

EVLA

17. Sasikaran M (UK): Artificial Intelligence Models for Venous Thromboembolism

Risk Assessment in Adult Inpatients: a Systematic Review

17:30 - 18:30

CLOSURE OF THE MEETING / AWARD CEREMONY / ADJOURN