12th EVF HOW 2025

Scientific Programme

Thursday 2nd October 2025

07.30 Welcome

Chronic Venous Disease (CVD) - Basics
Moderato: Dominik Heim (Switzerland)
07.45 Definition of Venous Symptoms. Tobias Hirrsch (Germany)
07.55 Pathophysiology of CVD. Andrew Nicolaides (Cyprus)
08.10 Importance of CEAP classification in CVD. Niels Baekgaard (Denmark)
08.20 How accurate are our ultrasound tests for reflux and obstruction? Christina Jeanneret (Switzerland)
08.35 Evaluation tools for CVD patients and assessment of outcomes. Taha Khan (UK)
08.45 Discussion

Non-invasive Treatment of CVD
Moderator: Tomasz Urbanek (Poland)
09.00 Are drugs indicated and efficient? Dominik Heim (Switzerland) 
09.10 When to use bandages. Dieter Mayer (Germany)
09.20 When to use stockings. Michel Juenger (Germany)
09.30 When to use intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC). Pia Foegh (Denmark)
09.40 Discussion

09.50 Coffee break

10.10-10.30 Live demonstration on injection sclerotherapy on spider veins (Live transmission). Hak Hong Keo (Switzerland)

10.40 Workshop – The “Nuts and Bolts” of the workshop. Andrew Nicolaides (Cyprus)

Workshops: 11.00-13.00
Duplex investigations, Saphenous ablation (thermal/non-thermal), Foam sclerotherapy, Varicose vein surgery, Pelvic vein incompetence, Compression stockings, Intermittent compression devices, IVUS, Stenting, Ulcer treatment, Treatment strategies for superficial venous problems, Thrombolysis, Early thrombus removal, Veno-active drugs, Venous valve reconstruction, lip-lymphoedemia, medical adhesive

13.00 Lunch

Superficial Incompetence (1)
Optimal Technique
Moderator: Imre Bihari (Hungary)
14.00 Varicose vein surgery with and without saphenous vein removal. Jürg Traber (Switzerland)
14.10 Pathways of reflux at the SF Junction. Rolf Engelberger (Switzerland)
14.20 When I use thermal ablation. Lars Müeller (Germany)
14.30 When I do not use thermal ablation.  Jose Maria Hipola Ulecia (Spain)
14.40 A look into the near future: Non thermal High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU). Rene Milleret (Romania)
14.50 Diagnosis and Intervention for recurrence (PREVAIT). Dominik Heim (Switzerland)
15.00 Complex cases of reflux and obstruction. Efthymios Avgerinos (Greece)
15.10 Pelvic vein diseases.  When and how to intervene.  Suat Doganci (Turkey)
15.20 Discussion

15.30 Interventional treatments of varicose veins.  Video presentation of the methods and discussion. 
Tomasz Urbanek (Poland)

15.45 Case presentations

16.15 Coffee break

Workshops: 16.35 - 18.35
Duplex investigations, Saphenous ablation (thermal/non-thermal), Foam sclerotherapy, Varicose vein surgery, Pelvic vein incompetence, Compression stockings, Intermittent compression devices, IVUS, Stenting, Ulcer treatment, Treatment strategies for superficial venous problems, Thrombolysis, Early thrombus removal, Veno-active drugs, Venous valve reconstruction, lip-lymphoedmia, medical adhesive.

Friday 3 October 2025

Superficial Incompetence (2) 
Focus on Foam Sclerotherapy
Moderator: Dominik Heim (Switzerland)
07.45 Sclerotherapy in cosmetic treatment.  Tomasz Urbanek (Poland)
07.55 Treatment of recurrent varicose veins with foam. Dominik Heim (Switzerland)
08.05 How to avoid complications of foam sclerotherapy? Tomasz Urbanek (Poland)
08.15 Discussion

Management of Acute Thromboembolism (1)
Moderator: Niels Baekgaard (Denmark)

08.25 CTV, MRV, IVUS and venography in the venous workup (acute DVT and CVD). Taha Khan (UK)
08.35 Do the direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC’s) change the treatment of VTE? Armando Mansilha (Portugal)
08.45 Thrombophilia: Who needs to be tested? Andrew Nicolaides (Cyprus)
08.55 Discussion
09.05 Can we prevent DVT recurrence?  Andrew Nicolaides (Cyprus)
09.15 Can we prevent the post-thrombotic syndrome? Tomasz Urbanek (Poland)
09.25 Current treatment of superficial vein thrombosis. Armando Mansilha (Portugal)
09.35 Discussion
09.45 Case presentations

10.10 Coffee break

Workshops: 10.30 – 12.30
Duplex investigations, Saphenous ablation (thermal/non-thermal), Foam sclerotherapy, Varicose vein surgery, Pelvic vein incompetence, Compression stockings, Intermittent compression devices, IVUS, Stenting, Ulcer treatment, Treatment strategies for superficial venous problems, Thrombolysis, Early thrombus removal, Veno-active drugs, Venous valve reconstruction, lip-lymphoedemia, medical adhesive.

12.30 Lunch

Management of Acute Thromboembolism (2)
Moderator: Taha Khan (UK)

13.30 Catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) combined with venous stenting. Niels Baekgaard (Denmark)
13.40 Pharmaco-mechanical and mechanical thrombectomy. NIels Baekgaard (Denmark)
13.50 The “shift” from CDT to early thrombus removal. Efthymios Avgerinos (Greece)
14.00 Discussion
14.10 Case presentations
15.30 Coffee break

Workshops: 16.00 - 18.00
Duplex investigations, Saphenous ablation (thermal/non-thermal), Foam sclerotherapy, Varicose vein surgery, Pelvic vein incompetence, Compression stockings, Intermittent compression devices, IVUS, Stenting, Ulcer treatment, Treatment strategies for superficial venous problems, Thrombolysis, Early thrombus removal, Veno-active drugs, Venous valve reconstruction , lip-lymphoedmia, medical adhesive.

Saturday 4 October 2025

Diagnosis and treatment of chronic venous insufficiency (C3-C6)
Moderator: Andrew Nicolaides (Cyprus)
07.45 Sequential treatment plan for CVI.  Imre Bihari (Budapest)
07.55 Indications and contra-indications to medical compression.  Tomasz Urbanek (Poland)
08.05 Clinical practical management of venous ulcer.  Dieter Mayer (Switzerland)
08.15 Discussion
08.25 Treatment of deep vein obstruction. Taha Khan (UK)
08.35 Venous valve reconstruction. Marzia Lugli (Italy)
08.45 Perforator incompetence treatment.  Imre Bihari (Hungary)
08.55 Can we determine the relative importance of obstruction and reflux in an individual patient? Andrew Nicolaides (Cyprus)
09.05 Phlebolymphoedema. Denise Luchsinger (Switzerland)
09.15 Discussion
09.25 Case presentations

10:00 Coffee break

Diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema
Moderator: Tomasz Urbanek (Poland)
10.10 State-of-the-Art management of patients with lymphoedema. Denise Luchsinger (Switzerland)
10.25 Reconstructive Microsurgery for Lymphoedema. Nicole Lindenblatt (Switzerland)
10.35 Discussion

Workshops: 10.45 – 12.45
 

Duplex investigations, Saphenous ablation (thermal/non-thermal), Foam sclerotherapy, Varicose vein surgery, Pelvic vein incompetence, Compression stockings, Intermittent compression devices, IVUS, Stenting, Ulcer treatment, Treatment strategies for superficial venous problems, Thrombolysis, Early thrombus removal, Veno-active drugs, Venous valve reconstruction, lip-lymphoedmia, medical adhesive.

12.45 End of meeting. Presentation of Case presentation Prize

Faculty

Professor Efthymios (Makis) Avgerinos
2nd Department of Vascular Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Clinic of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Greece

Professor Niels Baekgaard
Vascular and General Surgeon, Vascular Department, Rigshospitalet, Emeritus Associate Professor,University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Past President EVF

Professor Imre Bihari
A and B Clinic, Budapest, Hungary

Professor Suat Doganci
Turkish Society of Phlebology,
Ankara, Turkey

PD Rolf Engelberger
Service of angiology, HFR Fribourg, Switzerland

Dr Pia Foegh
Vascular Surgeon, Private Practice, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr Ilaria Gambelli
Deputy Consultant, Department of Angiology, Inselspital Bern. Insel Group, Bern, Switzerland.

Mr David Greenstein
London NorthWest University Hospital, London, UK

Dr Clara Guo
Department of Angiology, University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland

PD Dominik Heim
GP, Arosa, Switzerland

Dr Jan-Tobias Hensel
Senior Physician of Angiology, Cantonal Hospital Baselland, Bruderholdz, Baselland, Switzerland

Dr Jose Maria Hípola Ulecia,
Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain.

Dr Tobias Hirsch
Practice for Internal Medicine and Vascular Diseases, Vein Competence Center, Halle, Germany

Dr Ulrike Huegel
Clinic for Angiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Professor Christina Jeanneret
Angiology Practice Pratteln, Switzerland

Professor Michael Jünger
Centre for Dermatology and Venerology, Horb (am Neckar), Germany    PD Hak Hong Keo
Centre for Vascular Medicine, Aarau, Switzerland

Mr Taha Khan
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Clinical Lead for Venous Surgery, Department of Vascular Surgery, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK

Professor Nicole Lindenblatt
Deputy Clinic Director, Clinic for Plastic and Hand Surgery, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Dr Denise Luchsinger
Specialist in Angiology, Kantonsspital, Winterthur, Switzerland

Dr Marzia Lugli
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hesperia Hospital, Modena, Italy

Professor Armando Mansilha
Director of the Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, São João University Hospital, Porto, Portugal

PD Dieter Mayer
Research Associate and Attending Physician, University Hospital Zurich, Department of Dermatology, Zurich, Switzerland

Dr René Milleret
Vascular surgeon, Venart Vascular Clinic, Cluj Napoca, Bucharest, Romania

Dr Lars Müller
Department of Vascular Surgery, Dermatologikum Hamburg GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

Professor Andrew Nicolaides
Emeritus Professor of Vascular Surgery, Imperial College; London, Honorary Professor of Surgery, University of Nicosia Medical School, Cyprus, Director of Vascular Noninvasive Diagnostic Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus

Dr Jørn Dalsgaard Nielsen, 
Hematology Consultant, Center of Excellence for Anticoagulant Treatment, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg, Denmark

Dr Enric Roche
Clinica Vascular, Barcelona, Spain

Dr Jürg Traber
Director, Bellevue Vein Clinic, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland

Professor Tomasz Urbanek
Department of General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Angiology and Phlebology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Workstations

Work Stations

Station 1. RF ablation
Faculty: Jose Maria Hipolia Ulecia (Spain)

Station 2. Varicose Vein Surgery
Jürg Traber (Switzerland)

Station 3. Venoactive Drugs
Armando Mansilha (Portugal)

Station 4. Pelvic Embolisation
Suat Doganci (Turkey)

Station 5. IVUS
David Greenstein (UK)

Station 6. IPC
Pia Foegh (Denmark)

Station 7. Laser Ablation
Lars Mueller (Germany)

Station 8. Compression
Michael Juenger (Germany)

Station  9. Foam Sclerotherapy
Tomasz Urbanek (Poland)

Station 10. Open Valve Reconstruction
Marzia Lugli (Italy)

Station 11. New in Wraps/Laser
Dominik Heim (Switzerland)

Station 12. Venous Stents/Thrombectomy/IVC Filter
Efthymios Avgerinos (Greece), Taha Khan (UK)

Station 13. Lip-Lymphoedmia
Denise Luchsinger (Switzerland)

Station 14. Medical Adhesive
Tobias Hirsch (Germany)

Station 15. Ulcer debridement and local foam
Dieter Mayer (Switzerland), Enric Roche (Spain)

Station 16. Anticoagulants/antithrombotic agents

Station 17. US Recurrent Veins
Clara Guo (Switzerland)

Station 18. US Superficial Veins
Christina Jeanneret (Switzerland)

Station 19. US Deep Veins
Rolf Engelberger (Switzerland)

Station 20. US Abdominal and Pelvic
Ilaria Gambelli (Switzerland)

Case Presentations

CASE PRESENTATIONS

Dear Learner,

The Organizing Committee of the 12th EVF HOW wants to include you in the learning experience. The case presentations by participants are greatly appreciated by all and provide important constructive discussions.

We encourage you to submit a venous case for discussion during the didactic sessions of the Workshop.  You may have untreated problem patients that you want to discuss to plan their future treatment or interesting patients, which already have received final treatment. The Organizing Committee will decide which cases to be presented and inform you in good time before the workshop. 

The delegate with the best case presentation will win the Case Presentation prize of €500.00. The winner will be announced at the end of the meeting.

The case presentations should be concise and to the point since the allocated time for each case is restricted to 15 minutes including discussion. Thus limit the number of slides to the time allowed. The presentation should be in powerpoint format. Try to construct them in a didactic way, which allows stepwise discussion between the participants and faculty during the presentation.

This is an example:

Slide 1: Presentation of the case… what’s the next step?
Slide 2: We did this…. What’s next?? 
Slide 3: These were the results …. What else to do?
Slide 4: Final results …Anything else – options
Slide 5: This is how it all ended … Could it have been done differently?

Please send you case presentation to Tomasz Urbanek, who is the coordinator of the case presentations, urbanek.tom@interia.pl with a copy to Anne Taft at admin@europeanvenousforum.org.

 Submission of case presentations is optional and not a requirement to receive an Attendance Certificate. 

 We look forward to receiving your case study.

Accommodation information

Accommodation has been reserved at the Trafo Hotel located in the same building as the workshop conference (Trafo Conference Centre)

Address:

Trafo Hotel
Bruggerstrasse 56,
CH-5400 Baden
Switzerland
Tel: + 41 56 203 8080
Email: home@trafobaden.ch
www.trafohotel.ch

To book accommodation send an email request to: home@trafobaden.ch and quote “EVF 2025”.
Please book as soon as possible to guarantee the rates and availability.

Rates:

Single Room (rooms face the event hall)
(non-smoking, bed size 120cmx200cm)
Single: CHF 135 per night
Rate inclusive of Trafo breakfast buffet, VAT, city tax, free use of wireless LAN, phone calls within Switzerland and Baden City Card.

Small business Room (rooms face the event hall)
(non-smoking, bed size 140cmx200cm)
Single: CHF 145 per night
Rate inclusive of Trafo breakfast buffet, VAT, city tax, free use of wireless LAN, phone calls within Switzerland and Baden City Card.

Business Room
(non-smoking, bed size 2 Twin Beds 90cm x 200cm)
Single: CHF 155 per night
Double: CHF 175 per night
Rate inclusive of Trafo breakfast buffet, VAT, city tax, free use of wireless LAN, phone calls within Switzerland and Baden City Card.

Booking:
To book accommodation send an email request to: home@trafobaden.ch and quote “EVF 2025”.
Please book as soon as possible to guarantee the rates and availability.

City card:
All guests staying in hotels in Baden will receive a City Ticket Card upon/before Check-in.
Please check here for further details.

Additional hotels in the vicinity:

Ramada by Wyndham Hotel du Parc ⭐⭐⭐⭐
10 min walking distance
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Hotel Linde ⭐⭐⭐
15 min walking distance
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Hotel Blume ⭐⭐⭐
11 min walking distance
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Ibis Baden Neuenhof ⭐⭐⭐⭐
10 min by car
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Tourist information

For further information on baden, please check the website at:
https://app.deinbaden.ch/menu

Contact details:
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All guests staying in a hotel in Baden will receive a City ticket card upon/before check-in. Please check the website for the further details:
https://deinbaden.ch/en/accomodation/cityticket-en

Compliance

The European Venous Forum is committed to organising fully compliant meetings.

EACCME

The 12th EVF HOW, 2-4 October 2025, Baden, Switzerland has been granted 12.5 European CME credits (ECMECs) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).  

Swiss Credits

The EVF HOW has been awarded Swiss credits as follows
SSP (Swiss Society of Phlebology 21
SGG (Swiss Society for Vascular Surgery) 23 
SGC (Swiss Surgery) 15 
SGA (Angiology) 12 
SGDV (Dermatology and Venereology) 12 
 

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It is the exhibitors' or sponsors' responsibility to comply with all national and international laws and regulations relating to your industry and that you have approval for the specific exhibition or sponsorship items. 

The EVF is not liable in any way for sponsors or exhibitors not complying to legal, ethical and industry standards.

The 12th EVF HOW is Compliant:  Number: EMT-25-03215

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