Venous Ulcer Management
16 Apr 2026 – 17 Apr 2026
Melk, Austria
General information
Date
Thursday 16th - Friday 17th April 2026
Main Objective
Is this the course for you?
Preferably have attended the EVF Hands-on Workshop (not required);
Intend to update in the modern management of Venous Ulcer Crae.
Course fee 800.00 euros includes
Access to meeting rooms
Workshop Dinner
Refreshments and lunch
Preliminary programme
(subject to change).
Day 1
Thursday, 16th April 2026, 8.00
Venue: Landesklinkum Melk, Festsaal
1. Short introduction of the participants
2. Tomasz Urbanek: Ulcer – recent guidelines
3. Dominic Mühlberger: Ulcer & Compression
Coffee-Break
4. Alfred Obermayer: Recalcitrant ulcers – my way (including: Duplex – “Sourcing”,
contact sensitization, foam sclerotherapy, mixed ulcer)
Workshops:
Dominic Mühlberger: Hands on: Compression on participants
Alfred Obermayer and Ferdinand Steinbacher: tipps ultrasound guided puncture (2 groups)
Karl Glantschnig, Borus Wandl: (SOT Medical Systems): non invasive functional investigation.
ABPI, toe pressure, pulse oscillography, PPG.
LUNCH
Afternoon:
Venue: Landesklinkum Melk, Wundambulanz
Functional Diagnosis, Conservative Treatment of patients
3 stations (3 groups, rotation):
Duplex & Foam sclerotherapy,
Compression,
Functional Diagnosis (ABPI, toe pressure, pulse oscillography)
Friday, 17th April 2026, 8:00
Venue: Landesklinkum Melk, Festsaal
Morning lectures:
Alfred Obermayer: Principles of reflux and ulcer surgery, indications and technique of shaving, fasciectomy, fasciotomy and mesh-graft, active bedrest
Ferdinand Steinbacher: Lateral fasciectomy in non healing lateral ulcers
Afterwards: Surgery of reflux and ulcers
Together investigation, planning and operations of patients, (reflux, shaving,
fasciectomy, mesh-graft) of ulcer patients in two ORs
Lunch will be served in between cases in the recreation roam of the OR
Finish: about 4:00 pm (in order to receive the Certificate of Attendance the learner has to attend the entire course)
Location and transport
Day 1 & 2: Meeting place:
Landesklinkum Melk
Krankenhausstrasse 11
A-3390 Melk - Austria
Airport Transfer 1hour 15 mins by car.
Train to Melk 1 hour and one change 20mins.
Train to St. Polten 55 mins (Clinic can arrange a shuttle).
https://www.cityairporttrain.com/en/ will take you to Vienna Central Station in 16 minutes non-stop.
You can then book a ticket to Melk via the website https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket (please note: you will need to change trains once).
It is then about a 10-minute walk from Melk station to the hotel.
Regarding car rental: There are so many providers. Depending on what the delegates prefer:
Accomodation
Accommodation Special Offer 70 €:
Hotel Wachauer Hof – walking distance to hospital for Course.
Any further queries please contact:
Yasmin Hönig
Medilica gmbh (congress organization)
A – 3390 Melk
Tel/ 0043 (0) 699 11928244
Additional information
EVF HOW Plus Contact: Dawn Bond evfhowplus@europeanvenousforum.org
Local Melk Team Manager: Tagungsmanagement
Yasmin Hönig
Medilica gmbh (congress organization)
A – 3390 Melk
Tel/ 0043 (0) 699 11928244
Testimonials
Read our EVF HOW Plus Delegates testimonials
“I am a Vascular Surgeon in the private sector from Durban, South Africa. My first introduction to the European Venous Forum was the EVF HOW in Cyprus in 2016. This course is excellent for someone entering into venous disease and it sparked my interest in venous disease. Since then I have attended multiple EVF HOW Plus courses throughout Europe. I have attended the Venous Stenting course run by Ste...” “I am a Vascular Surgeon in the private sector from Durban, South Africa. My first introduction to the European Venous Forum was the EVF HOW in Cyprus in 2016. This course is excellent for someone entering into venous disease and it sparked my interest in venous disease. Since then I have attended multiple EVF HOW Plus courses throughout Europe. I have attended the Venous Stenting course run by Stephen Black in London, the Deep Venous and Valvular Repair course run by Marzia Lugli and Oscar Maleti in Modena, the Sclerotherapy and Phlebectomy course run by Dominic Heim in Thun/ Switzerland, and the Sclerotherapy of Varicose Veins course run by Lourdes Reina and Marianne De Maeseneer. I find the courses to be superb as they are made up of small groups and every participant gets a chance to have one on one interactions with the very best specialists in that specific field. In some of the courses one even gets a chance to scrub in with the experts and in others you get to perform procedures under the guidance of world leaders in the field. The EVF HOW and EVF HOW plus courses have certainly changed my practice and I would highly recommend them for anyone with an interest in venous disease.”
Dr. Vinesh Padayachy
Vascular Surgeon, Ethekwini Hospital and Heart Centre, Durban South Africa
“Attending an EVF HOW PLUS Course is a precious chance offered by European Venous Forum to improve skills in venous diseases for everyone is interested in venous diseases. It’s an ideal way to meet experts, receive education on patient selection, diagnostic tools and therapies following recent evidences and 'high volume centre' experiences. It’s a very complete course based on presentations, case d...” “Attending an EVF HOW PLUS Course is a precious chance offered by European Venous Forum to improve skills in venous diseases for everyone is interested in venous diseases. It’s an ideal way to meet experts, receive education on patient selection, diagnostic tools and therapies following recent evidences and 'high volume centre' experiences. It’s a very complete course based on presentations, case discussions, simulation and live cases, you can also discuss directly with the experts and receive suggestions and 'tips and tricks'. And if you find happiness and hospitality of Dawn Bond, it’s a perfect day!!!!"”
Domenico Baccellieri, MD
Division and Chair of Vascular Surgery at Vita-Salute University