European endovascular aneurism repair (EVAR) Live Case Workshop

On May 11 and 12th 2009 European interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons took part in a EVAR live Case Workshop at Rikshospitalet. The workshop was hosted by Department of Thorasic Surgery, and was opened by head of department professor Odd Geiran. On the first day the vendor's technical aspects and clinical experiences were presented and discussed. Kirsten Krohg-Sørensen, MD PhD, presented the TAA experiences and material from Oslo. On the second day two live EVAR cases were transmitted from the hybrid surgery/angio OR at the Interventional Centre to an auditorium at the hospital. Discussions took place between the OR and the auditorium during both procedures. The participants came from Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Norway, and Germany.