Aims of the course:
- To know the background of the presented techniques
- To learn and differenciate the indication for the treatment
- To learn the handling including post “operative” treatment
- To train and perform sclerotherapy and phlebectomy with “hands-on” on patients under the supervision of tutors
Note! The learner will be given a certificate of attendance of the course, which in no way ensures or certifies any competence to perform the procedure. EVF does not have that authority.
Course Director: Dominik Heim
Duration: 2 days 23-24 November 2018
Course Location: The instruction will take place at Clinic Hohmad, Hohmadstr. 1, CH-3600 Thun/Switzerland
Course Fee: 400 Euros: The course fee includes Hospital access, refreshments, lunch and dinner on Friday evening. Travel to and from Thun and accommodation are not included.
Application: Contact Dawn Bond at [email protected] or see website.
Provisional Programme Schedule ( subject to change):
Thursday 22nd November 2018
17.30 – 18.30 Registration
Day 1: Friday 23rd November 2018: Sclerotherapy
08.30 Registration and hand-out of workshop-documents
09.20 Welcome and information on the workshop Carlo Schlatter/ Dominik Heim, Thun
Anatomy and classification (all lectures are to include case presentations)
09.30 Anatomy of the venous system of the lower extremities Jean-François Uhl, Paris
10.00 Classification (including recurrence) Hak Hong Keo, Aarau
Basics on sclerotherapy
10.30 The past and the present: Torsten Willenberg, Bern
11.00 Coffee break
Basics on sclerotherapy (suite)/duplexsonography
11.30 Foam or liquid Claudine Hamel-Desnos, Caen
12.00 Postsclerotherapy procedure and complications Olivier Pichot, Grenoble
12.30 Principles and tips and tricks of duplexsonography Hak Hong Keo, Switzerland
13.00 Lunch at the clinic
Hands-on 14.00-17.00 (one hour at each station)
Station 1: Duplexsonography on patients and on students Tutors: Jean-François Uhl, France/ Hak Hong Keo
Station 2: Sclerotherapy/ simulator training Tutors: Torsten Willenberg, Switzerland, Dominik Heim, Switzerland
Station 3: Sclerotherapy on patients/ UGFS demonstration Tutors: Olivier Pichot, France, Claudine Hamel-Desnos, France
17.00 – 18.00
Station 4 : alternatives to sclerotherapy: Laser, radiofrequency (demonstration by the industry)
Around 18.00 End of day
19.30 Dinner for faculty and course-participants: Restaurant Beau Rivage, Thun
Day 2: Saturday 24th November 2018: Phlebectomy
08.30-09.00 Principles : Albert-Adrien Ramelet, Montcherand, Switzerland
09.00-09.30 Tips and tricks: Dominik Heim, Thun
09.30-10.00 Coffee break
Hands-on 10.00-12.00 o 10.00-10.30
Patient’s marking, ev. duplex-scanning preop
10.30-12.00 Phlebectomy on patients
Tutors: J-F. Uhl, O. Pichot, H.H. Keo, T. Willenberg, D. Heim, AA Ramelet
12.00 Hand-out of the course evaluation forms and attendance certificates
EVF-HOW-Thun
Course Fee: 400 Euros: The course fee includes Hospital access, refreshments, lunch and dinner on Friday evening. Travel to and from Thun and accommodation are not included.