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International Angiology 2015 April;34(2):97-149

Copyright © 2015 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

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Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Malformations. Consensus Document of the International Union of Phlebology (IUP): updated 2013

Lee B. B. ¹, Baumgartner I. ⁷, Berlien P. ³, Bianchini G. ⁴, Burrows P. ⁵, Gloviczki P. ⁶, Huang Y. ¹⁹, Laredo J. ⁸, Loose D. A. ⁹, Markovic J. ^{2, 10}, Mattassi R. ¹¹, Parsi K. ¹², Rabe E. ¹⁴, Rosenblatt M. ¹⁵, Shortell C. ¹⁶, Stillo F. ¹³, Vaghi M. ¹⁷, Villavicencio L. ¹⁸, Zamboni P. ²⁰

¹ Center for Vein, Lymphatics, and Vascular Malformations, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC, USA; ² Division of Vascular Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; ³ Department of Laser medicine, Evangelische Elisabeth Klinik, Berlin, Germany; ⁴ Center for Vascular Anomalies, Division of Vascular Surgery, I.D.I. Hospital, Rome, Italy; ⁵ Medical College of Wisconsin, Director of Pediatric Vascular Interventions, Children‘s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; ⁶ Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Chair, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Director, Gonda Vascular Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; ⁷ Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Division of Angiology Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland; ⁸ Center for Vein, Lymphatics, and Vascular Malformations, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, George Washington University School of medicine, Washington DC, USA; ⁹ Department for Angiology and Vascular Surgery, European Centre for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Malformations, Die Facharztklinik Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; ¹⁰ Vascular Surgery Fellow, Division of Vascular Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; ¹¹ Center for Vascular Malformations “Stefan Belov”, Clinical Institute Humanitas “Mater Domini”, Castellanza,Varese, Italy; ¹² Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Head, Dermatology, Phlebology and Fluid Mechanics Research Program, St. Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; ¹³ Center for Vascular Anomalies, Division of Vascular Surgery, I.D.I. Hospital, Rome, Italy; ¹⁴ Phlebology and Dermatologic Angiology, Department of Dermatology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; ¹⁵ Connecticut Image Guided Surgery, Fairfield, CT, USA; ¹⁶ Division of Vascular Surgery, Program Director, Vascular Residency, Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; ¹⁷ Department of Vascular Surgery, Hospital G. Salvini, Garbagnate Milanese. Italy; ¹⁸ Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, and Director Emeritus Venous and Lymphatic Teaching Clinic, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; ¹⁹ Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; ²⁰ Vascular Diseases Center, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy