Fake-news-free evidence-based communication for proper vein-lymphatic disease management

Gianesini S 1 , Chi YW 2 , Agüero C 3 , Alqedrah D 4 , Amore M 5 , Barbati M 6 Show all authors , Baturone A 7 , Black S 8 , Borsuk D 9 , Bottini O 10 , Caprini J 11 , Chamo M 12 , Cherian M 13 , Chernuka L 14 , DE Maeseneer M 15 , Diaz J 16 , Garcia MJ 17 , Gibson K 18 , Gloviczki M 19 , Gloviczki P 20 , Golovina V 21 , Goranova E 22 , Grillo L 23 , Gwozdz A 24 , Hirsch T 25 , Hussein E 26 , Intriago E 27 , Jalaie H 6 , Jaworucka-Kaczorowska A 28 , Jindal R 29 , Josnin M 30 , Khilnani NM 31 , Kim DI 32 , Latorre A 33 , Lazarashvili Z 34 , Lee BB 35 , Leon L 36 , Liew NC 37 , Lobastov K 21 , Lurie F 38 , Maghetti A 39 , Menegatti E 40 , Miyake K 41 , Mo M 42 , Narayanan S 43 , Neuhardt D 44 , Pannier F 45 , Prego A 46 , Rabe E 45 , Raffetto J 47 , Raymond-Martimbeau P 48 , Redman L 49 , Reina-Gutierrez L 50 , Rial R 51 , Rockson S 52 , Romanelli M 53 , Santiago FR 54 , Santiago RA 54 , Sermsathanasawadi N 55 , Shaydakov E 56 , Simkin C 57 , Sousa J 58 , Stoughton J 47 , Szuba A 59 , Taha W 60 , Ulloa J 61 , Urbanek T 62 , Vitale M 63 , Vuylsteke M 64 , Wang J 65 , Weingartner J 66 , Wilson S 67 , Yamaki T 68 , Ng Y 43 , Zolotukhin I 21 , Mansilha A 58

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy - gnssrg@unife.it
  • 2 University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
  • 3 Panamerican Society of Phlebology and Lymphology, Asunción, Paraguay
  • 4 Dubai Health Authority-University of Sharjah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • 5 University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 6 RWTH University Hospital of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
  • 7 University Hospital of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain
  • 8 Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  • 9 Clinic of Phlebology and Laser Surgery (Vasculab LLC), Chelyabinsk, Russia
  • 10 German Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 11 NorthShore University, Chicago, IL, USA
  • 12 Guatemala Society of Phlebology, Guatemala City, Guatemala
  • 13 Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Geneve, Switzerland
  • 14 O.O. Shalimov National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology, Kiev, Ukraine
  • 15 Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • 16 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
  • 17 Endovascular Consultants, Wilmington, NC, USA
  • 18 Lake Washington Vascular Surgeons, Seattle, WA, USA
  • 19 Vascular Science & Art, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
  • 20 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
  • 21 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
  • 22 Alexandrovska University Medical Center, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 23 UCIMED University of Medical Sciences, San José, Costa Rica
  • 24 Imperial College of London, London, UK
  • 25 Vein Competency Center, Halle, Germany
  • 26 Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
  • 27 University Espíritu Santo, Guayaquil, Ecuador
  • 28 Jaworuccy Medical Center, Gorzów Wlkp, Poland
  • 29 Punjab University, Chandigarh, India
  • 30 French Society of Phlebology, Paris, France
  • 31 Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbiterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
  • 32 Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea
  • 33 Bucaramanga University, Bucaramanga, Colombia
  • 34 Chapdize Cardiovascular Center, Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 35 George Washington University, Washington, USA
  • 36 University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA
  • 37 University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 38 Jobst Vascular Institute, Toledo, OH, USA
  • 39 Italian Association of Dietology and Clinical Nutrition, Bologna, Italy
  • 40 Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
  • 41 Hiroshi Miyake Study Center, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 42 Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
  • 43 The Harley Street Heart and Vascular Center, Singapore, Singapore
  • 44 Comprehensive Integrated Care Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
  • 45 Private Practitioner, Bonn, Germany
  • 46 University of Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • 47 Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
  • 48 Canadian Society of Phlebology, Montreal, Canada
  • 49 Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
  • 50 Red Cross Hospital, Madrid, Spain
  • 51 University Hospital HM Madrid-Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain
  • 52 Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
  • 53 University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
  • 54 Federal University of Goias, Goias, Brazil
  • 55 Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 56 Peter State University, St. Petesbourg, Russia
  • 57 Latin America Venous Forum, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 58 University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • 59 Medical University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
  • 60 Egypt Africa Venous Lymphatic Association, Cairo, Egypt
  • 61 Los Andes University, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 62 Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
  • 63 University of Parma, Parma, Italy
  • 64 Sint-Andries Ziekenhuis Tielt, Tielt, Belgium
  • 65 Provincial People's Hospital of Guangdong, Guangdong, China
  • 66 Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, Brazil
  • 67 University of Boston, Boston, MA, USA
  • 68 Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Int Angiol, 2023 Apr;42(2):89-189.
PMID: 36930179 DOI: 10.23736/S0392-9590.23.05044-7

Abstract

Published scientific evidence demonstrate the current spread of healthcare misinformation in the most popular social networks and unofficial communication channels. Up to 40% of the medical websites were identified reporting inappropriate information, moreover being shared more than 450,000 times in a 5-year-time frame. The phenomenon is particularly spread in infective diseases medicine, oncology and cardiovascular medicine. The present document is the result of a scientific and educational endeavor by a worldwide group of top experts who selected and analyzed the major issues and related evidence-based facts on vein and lymphatic management. A section of this work is entirely dedicated to the patients and therefore written in layman terms, with the aim of improving public vein-lymphatic awareness. The part dedicated to the medical professionals includes a revision of the current literature, summing up the statements that are fully evidence-based in venous and lymphatic disease management, and suggesting future lines of research to fulfill the still unmet needs. The document has been written following an intense digital interaction among dedicated working groups, leading to an institutional project presentation during the Universal Expo in Dubai, in the occasion of the v-WINter 2022 meeting.

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