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Training Paradigms in Endovascular Surgery: Australasia, South America, South Africa, Europe

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During the last 15 years, there has been a dramatic change in the management of vascular disease with a marked increase in the utilisation of endovascular techniques for occlusive and aneurysmal disease. This exponential rise in the number and complexity of minimal invasive radiological procedures has resulted in the formal separation of vascular surgical training from general surgery.

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  1. Department of Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Woodville, South Australia, Australia

    W. Richard Wilson M.D., F.R.C.S.

  2. Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Adelaide, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Adelaide, Woodville Road, Woodville, South Australia, 5011, Australia

    Robert Fitridge M.S., F.R.A.C.S. & Barbara D. Moreira M.D.

  3. Department of Vascular Surgery Service, Hospital Universitario Cajuru da PUCPR, Rua Bruno Filgueira 369 conj 201, Curitiba, PR, 80240, Brazil

    Ricardo C. Rocha Moreira M.D., Ph.D.

  4. Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, Brazil

    Christian B. Liu M.D.

  5. Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Witwatersrand, 27 Eton Road Parktown, 3100, Saxonwold, 2132, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Martin Veller M.D.

  6. Department of Vascular Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, 1 Rimini Street, 124-62 Chaidari, Athens, Greece

    Konstantinos G. Moulakakis M.D., Efthimios D. Avgerinos M.D. & Christos D. Liapis M.D.

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Correspondence to Robert Fitridge M.S., F.R.A.C.S. , Ricardo C. Rocha Moreira M.D., Ph.D. , Martin Veller M.D. or Christos D. Liapis M.D. .

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Wilson, W.R. et al. (2013). Training Paradigms in Endovascular Surgery: Australasia, South America, South Africa, Europe. In: Kumar, A., Ouriel, K. (eds) Handbook of Endovascular Interventions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5013-9_40

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