3. Krakowskie Międzynarodowe Warsztaty Flebologiczne, czwartek – piątek, 8 – 9 maja 2008, Kraków
3. Kraków International Workshop for Phlebology, Thursday – Friday, May 8 – 9, 2008, Kraków (PL)
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PROGRAM (English version)

Thursday, May 8, 2008 (15:00 – 19:00 / 22:00)

15:00 Reception and Registration of Participants

16:00 Opening of the Workshop - J. Sadowski (PL) - Significance of Phlebology in the End of the Decade

16:15 Keynote Lecture I - Z. Várady (D) Phlebectomy in Own Modification – Over 20-year Experience

16:45 W. Staszkiewicz (PL) (President of the Polish Phlebological Society) Quo Vadis Phlebologia 2008?

17:00 R. Niżankowski (PL) (Provincial Consultant for Angiology) Advances in Treatment with LMWH

17:15 A. Popow (PL) Own Experience in Ultrasound Guided Foam Sclerotherapy for Varicose Veins

17:30 – 17:45 Coffee Break

17:45 – 19:00 Advances in use of Phlebotropic Drugs (part I)

17:45 L. Cierpka (PL) Chronic Venous Insufficiency – What Can Be Improved in Poland?

18:05 A. Caban (PL) Hemorrhoidal Disease – Is It a Surgical Problem Only?

18:20 B. Okopień (PL) Diosmine – Biological Properties and Efficacy of Therapy in the Light of Carried out Clinical Investigations

18:40 K. Witkowski (PL) Selected Questions of Research in Patients with CVI Treated by Diosmine

20:30 Get-together Party (on the outside of place)

Friday, May 9, 2008 (09:00 – 16:00)

09:00 T. Drążkiewicz (PL) Introduction to Practical Courses

09:05 Keynote Lecture II / A. Flor (A) Intravenous Laser Therapy: When, How and Why?

09:35 M. Kózka (PL) Advances in Compression Therapy

09:45 – 10:30 Advances in Use of Phlebotropic Drugs (part II)

09:45 A. Suter (CH) Chestnut and Other Floral Phlebotropic Drugs

10:15 T. Drążkiewicz (PL) 15-Year Own Experience in Use of Floral Phlebotropic Drugs

10:20 – 10:30 Round Table Session I - Past, Present and Future of Floral Phlebotropic Drugs

10:30 Keynote Lecture III - I. Bihari (H) Good and Bad Sides of Sclerotherapy

10:50 – 15:00 Practical Courses (video-registered, partly with live-relay to conference room)

- chairing persons T. Drążkiewicz (PL), M. Cieśla-Dul (PL)

- invited guests (inter alia): A. Flor (A), I. Bihari (H), T. Urbanek (PL), M. Simka (PL), A. Popow (PL)

• Treatment with Medical Compression Hossiery

• Laser (ELVeS) in Treatment of Varicose Veins (part I: GSV) (part II: SSV)

• Sclerotherapy of Varicose Veins (Classic, Foam, USG-guided / Branches, Reticular, Spiders/Telangietasias)

• Colour Duplex Doppler Examination of Venous System (What Every Physician Should to Know?)

10:50 – 11:00 Practical Courses – live-relay 1

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 Keynote Lecture IV - F. Žernovický (SK) Leg Ulcers of Mixed and Nonvenous Origin

11:50 – 12:00 Practical Courses – live-relay 2

12:00 Simka (PL) Treatment of Leg Venous Ulcers by Ultrasound Guided Foam Sclerotherapy

12:15 Keynote Lecture V - S. Baricza (H) Borders of One Day Surgery in Operative Treatment of Varicose Veins

12:30 – 12:50 Round Table Session II - May be Phlebectomy According to Várady a Gold Standard in Varicose Vein Surgery?

12:50 – 13:00 Practical Courses – live-relay 3

13:00 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 M. Trystuła (PL) Facts and Myths of Laser Therapy in Phlebology: Theoretical and Practical Considerations

13:45 A. Korczyński (PL) Cryotherapy of Varicose Veins in Practice

13:55 P. Maga (PL) Enoxaparine in angiological practice

14:05 M. Glinka (PL) Varicose veins of anterior part of thigh – Cause of Formation and Assessment of Own Method of treatment

14:15 – 14:30 Practical Courses – live-relay 4

14:30 – 15:00 Round Table Session III - Advances of Phlebology 2008 – Questions and Answers

15:00 – 15:15 Coffee Break

15:15 – 15:55 Practical Courses – live-relay 5

15:55 – 16:00 Summary and Closing of the Workshop.