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Monday 30 September 2013

Amazing results from Varicose Veins surgery

Patient explains her varicose vein surgery under local anaesthetic at The Whiteley Clinic.


 

Thursday 26 September 2013

Jack - a Novel about Mental Health - "Fabulous and Well Written"

Wonderful 5 star reviews on Amazon about "Jack" - a novel about Mental Health by the new author Robert Dickson-Oliver, from Whiteley Publishing:



  • 5 Stars - "Fabulous and well written"
  • 5 Stars - "How to understand the world of mental health"
  • 5 Stars - ".... very absorbing and informative ..."
To see reviews, click on link below:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1908586397/
 

Wednesday 25 September 2013

Who takes the blame for bad varicose vein surgery? Huffington Post

When you get a bad result from varicose vein surgery, who is to blame?

What happens if your doctor or Private Medical Insurance company referred you, advised you or even directed the referral?


Prof Mark Whiteley in Huffington Post -
Who takes responsibility for poor varicose vein surgery

Mark Whiteley explains in the Huffington Post, the problems patients can have if they don't choose the right doctor or clinic for their procedure.

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mark-s-whiteley/varicose-vein-surgery_b_3986885.html

Tuesday 24 September 2013

Varicose veins - treatment of perforators using TRLOP

Incompetent perforating veins (IPV) are not commonly treated by most doctors who "do" varicose veins. As a result, incompetent perforating veins are found to be one of the commonest causes of why veins come back again after treatment.

In 2001, Prof Mark Whiteley and Judy Holdstock of The Whiteley Clinic invented TRLOP - TRansLuminal Occlusion of Perforating veins:



The TRLOP technique has been shown to be as effective as the old general anaesthetic SEPS (sub-facial endoscopic perforating vein surgery) procedure - but TRLOP is performed:
  • under local anaesthetic
  • using a pin-hole only (no stitches)
  • as a walk-in walk-out or "ambulatory" procedure
This video showing Prof Mark Whiteley and Judy Holdstock performing a TRLOP procedure was shown at the UIP meeting in Boston in September 2013.

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Friday 20 September 2013

Sonographer / Vascular Technologist Required!

We are seeking a Sonographer/Vascular Technologist, with energy and drive, to provide diagnostic and intra-operative imaging support, across our clinics in London and the South East Region.

If you would like further details and to discuss this opportunity, please contact Debra Kehoe, our Practice Manager on debra@thewhiteleyclinic.co.uk


Vascular Technologist / Sonographer needed for Whiteley Clinic expansion
 

Tuesday 17 September 2013

Teaching the next generation of Medics - Pre-Medicine Taster Course

Getting into Medical School can be hard ... and many people who go for it don't even know if they really want to be doctors.

The Pre-Med Taster Course run by The Clinical Exchange has 2 aims:

Prof Mark Whiteley, Mr Barrie Price, MIss Sovra Whitcroft and Dr Tony Lopez
are amongst the specialists teaching on the Pre-Med Taster course

  1. To help those who think they might be interested in a career in Medicine to decide whether it is the right career for them
  2. To help those who want to get into medical school to get their application as good as possible.
The course has lectures and practical skills to enable delegates to get a feel for medicine and to give them something to talk and write about. Mock medical school interviews in the final week help those who want to apply to medical school to get ready for their interview.

For the very keen, additional opportunities for school or university projects or even original research projects through Professor Mark Whiteley are available as a follow-on from the course.

For more information:

http://theclinicalexchange.com/courses/premed-taster-course-20-09-13/index.html

Thursday 12 September 2013

Lecturing on veins in World Congress by the UIP - Boston 2013

Prof Mark Whiteley and  Judy Holdstock were both lecturing today in at the World Congress, UIP in Boston, USA.

Prof Mark Whiteley lecturing at the Clarivein seminar at the
World Congress today in Boston, USA

At lunchtime, Mark Whiteley spoke at the Vascular Insights symposium about the histological results found in veins treated with MOCA (Clarivein):
  • A Histological Approach to Clarivein® Usage Early Report on a New Study
    Mark Whiteley
This was followed by Mark and Judy lecturing on pelvic veins in the UIP main auditorium:
  • Trans-vaginal Duplex Ultrasonography is the Gold Standard for Assessing Pelvic Venous Reflux in the Ovarian and Internal Iliac Veins in Women
    MS Whiteley, SJ Dos Santos, CC Harrison, JM Holdstock, AJ Lopez
  • Haemorrhoids are associated with Pelvic Vein reflux in up to one third of women. Should haemorrhoids be treated by Phlebologists?
    JM Holdstock, SJ Dos Santos, CC Harrison, T Fernandez-Hart, BA Price, M.S. Whiteley
In addition, there were 2 Whiteley Clinic videos presented:
  • The TRansLuminal Occlusion of Perforators (TRLOP) Technique
    Mark Whiteley
  • A Guide to Transvaginal Duplex Ultrasound
    Judy Holdstock
  
 

Tuesday 10 September 2013

Daily Mail on Varicose Veins - Support Stockings are a Waste of Time

An article on varicose veins and the new NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) guidelines appeared in the Daily Mail, quoting Prof Mark Whiteley.


Prof Mark Whiteley quoted in Daily Mail

The article explains how support stockings are not a cure for varicose veins and should not be recommended instead of fixing the varicose veins properly - with Endovenous Laser, Radiofrequency or if unsuitable, with Foam Sclerotherapy.

This problem was previously highlighted by Prof Mark Whiteley in Dec 2012 in an article in The Huffington Post called:"Support Stockings - A 'Sticking Plaster' for the NHS?" (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mark-s-whiteley/support-stockings-a-stick_b_2330053.html).

See Daily Mail article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2416465/Is-varicose-vein-treatment-complete-waste-time.html?ico=health%5Eheadlines

 

Thursday 5 September 2013

Whiteley Clinic Researchers Speaking in Boston, USA

Next week, one of the biggest conferences for vein specialists in the world is being held in Boston, USA.




The UIP (International Union of Phlebology) is meeting with the ACP (American College of Phlebology) and the AVF (American Venous Forum).

This week long conference is an essential meeting for anyone at the cutting edge of varicose vein surgery.

Professor Mark Whiteley and Judy Holdstock of The Whiteley Clinic are both speaking, presenting original research at the meeting.

In addition, 2 videos from The Whiteley Clinic are being shown to the delegates and Prof Mark Whiteley is also giving a guest lecture about Clarivein (MOCA - mechanochemical ablation).

 

Tuesday 3 September 2013

Mind-Blowing Discovery about Varicose Veins - Huffington Post

Varicose veins are caused when the one-way valves inside the veins fail, allowing blood to flow the wrong way down the vein, stretching the vein wall. If left untreated, this abnormal flow can cause other problems in a proportion of people, resulting in inflammation, skin damage, eczema, ulcers or blood clots.


Read Prof Mark Whiteley in The Huffington Post 

Many doctors have tried to repair the failed valves - with very little success. Others try to strengthen the vein wall, to bring the valve leaflets closer together to try to help the valve to work again - once again with very poor results.

The failure of repairing the valves themselves or the vein holding the valves, suggested there is another reason that the valves fail.

This article explains a new discovery by Oliver Lyons and Professor Alberto Smith, showing a genetic link between the valves and maintenance of their function - a process never suggested previously.

This discovery explains many of the so far un-explained observations with regards varicose veins and venous disease.

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mark-s-whiteley/varicose-veins-discovery_b_3855320.html

Monday 2 September 2013

Wall Street Journal quotes Prof Mark Whiteley

Prof Mark Whiteley is quoted in the Wall Street journal:

Click on Picture to read article
 

Commenting on the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance of 23rd July 2013.

EVLT (Endovenous Laser Therapy) and other thermoablation techniques are now the preferred methods of treating varicose veins over an above Stripping and Foam sclerotherapy - as Prof Mark Whiteley has been calling for, since 1999.

To see the article: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130819-906045.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

For more about NICE guidance about the treatment of varicose veins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXAP2CIExAY&feature=share&list=UUSnkwCy_w7ZSDGu6jaHR4nQ