Patient Safety Indicators Are Insufficient To Grade Open Aortic Surgery Programs: a Comparison of Contemporary National Outcomes Measures
Rebecca Sorber, Katherine A Giuliano, Caitlin W Hicks, James H Black, III
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Early Results of a Single-Center Experience with Endovascular Arteriovenous Fistula Creation for Hemodialysis access using the WavelinQ System
Michael A Lopez¹, Elke O. Ulloa², Miguel A Lopez-Viego¹, George Mueller², Reagan L. Ross^1
1University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Atlantis, FL;²Bethesda Hospital Baptist Health System, Boynton Beach, FL

The prevention of inguinal incision complications utilizing a non-commercial, cost-saving negative-pressure wound therapy system
Brian Jones, Samuel Groot, Sagar Gandhi, Bruce Gray, Chris Carsten
Greenville Memorial Hospital, Greenville, SC

Retainment of Vascular Surgeons - Prophylactic Measures to the Current Vascular Surgery Workforce Crisis
Theresa N Jackson¹, Pauli Wheeler¹, Michael S Truitt², Peter Nelson¹, Kelly Kempe^1
1University of Oklahoma - Tulsa, Tulsa, OK;²Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Comparative Outcomes of Open Mesenteric Bypass after Prior Failed Endovascular or Open Mesenteric Revascularization for Acute and Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia
Christopher Jacobs, Salvatore Scali, Thomas Huber, Martin Back, Dean Arnaoutakis, Michol Cooper, Scott Berceli, Gilbert Upchurch, Kristina Giles
Univeristy of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Associations of Regional Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease and Diabetes and Amputation rates Among Medicare Patients
Mark A Eid¹, Jonathan A Barnes¹, Zachary J Wanken¹, Richard J Powell¹, David H Stone¹, Bjoern D Suckow¹, Barbara Gladders², Mark Creager³, Shipra Arya⁴, Philip P Goodney^1
1Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Department of Vascular Surgery, Lebanon, NH;²The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH;³Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Lebanon, NH;⁴Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Vascular Surgery, Redwood City, CA

Safety and Efficacy of an Endovascular-First Approach to Acute Limb Ischemia (ALI)
Olia Poursina, Hector Elizondo, Miguel Montero-Baker, Zachary S Pallister, Joseph L Mills, Sr., Jayer Chung
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Autologous Femoral Vein is a Viable Conduit for Femoral-femoral Artery Bypass: A Single Institution Experience
Nicholas Lysak, Thomas Huber, Salvatore Scali, Javairiah Fatima
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

The Association of Preoperative Length of Stay on Surgical Site Infection After Lower Extremity Bypass
Luke M Stewart, Benjamin J Pearce, Danielle C Sutzko, Graeme E McFarland, Emily L Spangler, Zdenek Novak, Adam W Beck
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

3D Models for Physician Modified Endografts
Marc Salhanick, Carlos Timaran
UTSW, Dallas, TX

Hybrid Management Approach for Superior Mesenteric Artery and Branch Aneurysms
Christopher Jacobs, Javairiah Fatima
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Do Vascular Surgeons have a Meaningful and Interactive Presence on Social Media? - The Impact of the SAVS Region
Qi Yan, Katherine J Jensen, Rose Thomas, Alyssa R Langley, Zheng Jiang, Christian Goei, Mark G Davies
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Vascular Surgery Representation in Carotid Endarterectomy YouTube Videos
Jack E Doenges, Amy B Reed
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Characteristics of Trauma Mortality in Patients with Aortic Injury
Ronald Chang¹, Stacy A Drake¹, John B Holcomb¹, Garrett Phillips², Charles E Wade¹, Kristofer M Charlton-Ouw^1
1University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX;²Department of Health and Human Services City of Houston, Houston, TX

Functional Limb Salvage after Acute Ischemia Despite Near-Total Deep and Superficial Posterior Compartment Muscle Necrosis
Arati A Gangadharan, Gloria L. Kim, Hoyune Cho, Paul S. Cederna, Matthew A Corriere
University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI

Carotid-subclavian bypass for left arm ischemia due to a right sided aortic arch with isolated left subclavian artery
Elizabeth H Weissler, James H Ronald, Cynthia K Shortell, Chandler H Long
Duke University, Durham, NC

Utility of Neuromonitoring in Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair - Listening through the Noise
Christian V Ghincea, Adam M. Carroll, Leighton T. McCabe, Kaitlin Roth, Kelly Aunkst, Muhammad Aftab, T. Brett Reece
University of Colorado, Denver, CO