Recurrent varicose veins - pelvic venous reflux is ignored by most

Alice Whiteley is one of two Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellows who have had their research selected for presentation at The Medical Acorn Foundation (National Medical Student Research Conference) in Leicester on 13th October 2012.



Alice Whiteley - The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow 2012
Presenting her research into the cause of recurrent varicose veins operated on elsewhere 

Alice spent her summer analysing the results from patients seeking help from The Whiteley Clinic having had varicose vein surgery elsewhere and then getting recurrent varicose veins.

She identified the causes of their recurrent varicose veins, and found that pelvic venous reflux is one of the major causes, a problem that has previously been ignored.

 

Alice's research presents powerful evidence for why the pelvic veins need to be scanned and, if refluxing, treated, to reduce the risks of recurrent varicose veins in the future.

Her work has been submitted for an American meeting next year and will be submittied for UK vein meetings next year, before submitting for publication.



Left varicose veins caused by Pelvic vein reflux
seen as para-vulvar veins on examination

Right varicose veins caused by Pelvic vein reflux
seen as para-vulvar-veins on examination

Pelvic and para-vulal varicose veins:  www.vulval-varicose-veins.co.uk

 

Medical Acorn Conference:  www.themedicalacornfoundation.org/



 

10 year results of Radiofrequency Ablation of Varicose Veins



Daniel Taylor is one of two of The Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellows from 2012 have had their research into varicose veins accepted for presentation at The Medical Acorn Foundation (National Medical Student Research Conference) meeting on 13th October 2012.

 

Daniel Taylor - Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow 2012
Presenting the 10 year results of VNUS Closure of varicose veins

Daniel Taylor has spent this summer recalling pateints who were treated over 10 years ago at The Whiteley Clinic with the VNUS Closure Radiofrequency Ablation system and then analysing all of the 10 years scans of their legs.

 

He has been finding out what the results of this technique are and, if there were any problems, where they came from. The results appear to be the first 10 year results available from endovenous surgery.

 

Daniel has also submitted his research for an American Venous meeting, and will be submitting the same for a UK venous meeting prior to submitting the results for publication.

 

http://themedicalacornfoundation.org/

 

Flying a Helicopter at Phoenix Helicopter Academy

This is a video of on of my Helicopter lessons this weekend with Paul Andrews of The Phoenix Helicopter Academy in Sussex and Surrey.

Fabulous training and the best feeling in the world!

It shows the start up and take off .....

 

www.phoenixhelicopters.co.uk

Laser closure of large varicose veins - with radial EVLA



Endovenous surgery (or "keyhole surgery") is taking over from open surgery for varicose veins, as this approach has a great many advantages. ONe of the biggest is the fact that endovenous surgery is performed under local anaesthetic and so the patients are walking home an hour after the procedure.

 

Although "normal" sized varicose veins are easy to treat by experienced vein experts with endovenous techniques, there has always been a concern about the maximum size that can be treated this way.  

 



Duplex Ultrasound of a 3.1 cm diameter Great Saphenous Vein (GSV) successfully closed
by radial firing EVLA (Endovenous Laser Ablation)

Same scan as above with labels for clarity

These images are ultrasound pictures taken yesterday of one of our patients treated 5 weeks ago at The Whiteley Clinic. The man had a vein that was 31mm in diameter (normal size in varicose veins at this point is between about 4-12mm).

The veins was successfully closed by using a side-firing laser and passing the laser backwards and forwards thorough the dilated segment four times. 

Colour flow duplex showing successful closure of the large varicose vein without
any problems with flow in the deep (Femoral) vein.

Same picture as above with labels.

By using novel techniques, we have not yet had a patient with varicose veins that we cannot treat with endovenous techniques under local anaesthetic.

2012 Pre-medicine taster course

We are delighted to announce that the 2012 pre-medicine taster course will be starting at The Clinical Exchange in Guildford soon.

Some of the students and trainers on the Pre-Medicine Taster course run at The Clinical Exchange

Young people who are thinking of medicine as a career are taken through 8 weeks of medical lectures and practicals run by Consultants and GP's.

Delegates get to use ultrasound, practice stitching, get taught how to take blood and other practical skills to see if they like Medicine and can see it as their future career.

The course ends with a mock medical school interview to help delegates prepare for applying to a medical college.

The course runs on Wednesday evenings during the Autumn term. There are a few places left for any interested students.

http://www.theclinicalexchange.com/courses/premed-taster-course-3

Author profile on Amazon - Mark S Whiteley

Mark S Whiteley now has his Author profile on Amazon:



Mark S Whiteley - Author profile now on Amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B0095QEMB8