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Vol.8 – Issue 1: p1-43 – 2026

Vol.8 – Issue 1: p1-43 – 2026 1191 1599 Heljves | Hellenic Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

2026 – ISSUE 1

Available Online: 2026 – ISSUE 1
Pages: 1-43

CREST-2: Game Changer or Yet Another Argument for optimised risk stratification?

Spyridon N. Mylonas1, John D. Kakisis2

1 Vascular Surgery Department, General Hospital of Athens “Georgios Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece
2 1st Department of Vascular Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Acute and Chronic Type B Aortic Dissections: Short- and Long-Term Outcomes

Rafaelia Patsia1, Camilo Martinez2, Stefanos Giannopoulos2, Yuli Breier2, Spiros Koustas2, Binit Katuwal2, Alex Houser2, Apostolos Tassiopoulos2, Angela A Kokkosis2

1 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine
2 Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York 11784

European Junior Doctors’ Work Experiences, Job Satisfaction, and Proposals for Reform – with Contextual Emphasis on Greece

Konstantinos Roditis1,2,3, Sofia Tsiapakidou2,4, Chrysa Panou2,5, Vasiliki Giorgalla2,6, Alexios Theodorou2,7,8

1 Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Department of Vascular Surgery, Korgialenio-Benakio Hellenic Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece
2 Junior Doctors’ Network-Hellas (JDN-Hellas), Athens, Greece
3 European Junior Doctors Association (EJD), Brussels, Belgium
4 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital Papageorgiou, Thessaloniki, Greece
5 Department of Pediatrics, General Hospital of Volos
6 Department of ENT, Panarkadiko General Hospital, Tripoli, Greece
7 1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
8 3rd Surgical Department, Euroclinic Athens, Greece

Physician modified endografts for complex abdominal aortic aneurysms. Are we ready for the next step? A systematic review of the literature

Georgios I. Karaolanis1,2, Drosos Kotelis1, Vladimir Makaloski1

1 Swiss Aortic Center Bern, Department of Vascular Surgery, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
2 Vascular Unit, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina and School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece

Cancer Incidence and Mortality Following EVAR and Open Aneurysm Repair: A Systematic Review

Pavlos Georgiou, Christos F. Pitros, Foivos Spanos, Fotios O. Efthymiou, Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, John D. Kakisis

1st Department of Vascular Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Simultaneous Αcute Thrombosis of Bilateral Popliteal Artery Aneurysms Causing Acute Ischemia of both lower limbs

Michalis Pesmatzoglou1, Nikolaos Kontopodis1, Elias Kehagias2, Konstantinos Litinas1, Ifigeneia Tzartzalou1, Alexandros Liamis1, Alexandros Kafetzakis1, Christos V. Ioannou1

1 Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Vascular and Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
2 Interventional Radiology Unit, Department of Medical Imaging, University Hospital of Heraklion, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Left Superior Gluteal Pelvic Escape Point Associated with Nonthrombotic Iliac Vein Compression Syndrome

Van-Nut Lam, Nha-Truc N Lam, Thanh-Phong Le

Cho-Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City

Bridging the gap: Short prosthetic graft adjunctive conduit for primary brachiocephalic fistula construction

Kate Tabaku1, Melina Stathopoulou1, Andreas Tsimpoukis1, Chrysanthi Papageorgopoulou1, Periklis Dousdampanis2, Panos Kitrou3, Spyros Papadoulas1

1 Department of Vascular Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece
2 Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Patras ‘St Andrew’, Patras, Greece
3 Department of Radiology, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece

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