Abstracts

Categories of Research

• Basic Science
• Compression Therapy
• Deep Venous Insufficiency
• Deep Venous Obstruction
• Innovations
• Lymphatic Disease
• Other Venous or Lymphatic
• Pelvic Vein Insufficiency and Disorders (Pelvic Congestion Syndrome)
• Perforator Venous Insufficiency
• Scientific Reporting – AVLS PRO Venous Registry Reports
• Scientific Reporting – Outcomes Reporting
• Scientific Reporting – Quality of Life Assessments
• Scientific Reporting – Technological Advances
• Superficial Venous Insufficiency
• Superficial Venous Intervention – Endovenous Ablation
• Superficial Venous Intervention – Miscellaneous
• Superficial Venous Intervention – Sclerotherapy
• Superficial Venous Intervention – Surgical
• Superficial Venous Intervention – Venotonic Drugs
• Venous Governance, Ethics, Law, Reimbursement, Accreditation, and Coding
• Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
• Venous Training and Education
• Venous Ulceration
• Venous/Lymphatic Diagnostics and Laboratory
• Venous/Lymphatic Malformations

Judgement Criteria

Abstracts will be judged in a blinded fashion. The following criteria are used to rank abstracts for presentation at the AVLS 2022 Annual Congress:

• Potential and Innovation
• Relevance to Phlebology
• Purpose / Hypothesis
• Study Design and Statistical Analysis
• Summary of Results
• Summary of Conclusions

Submission Guidelines

Submissions open: February 15 - July 15

• Research must be original work not previously published or presented
• Clinical and basic scientific work
• Consideration for oral, poster, or both
• Preference will be given to AVLS members
• Consideration for publishing the presented work in the Phlebology Journal
• If the same institution has two abstracts selected, the first author and presenting author must be different individuals