Whiteley Clinic research at The American Venous Forum 2014

Prof Mark Whiteley presenting a new mechanism of action of the MOCA
(Clarivein) device and showing why it is more effective than Foam Sclerotherapy in varicose veins

Salil Patel - Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow 2013 - presenting his research
into foam sclerotherapy and how foam can be made more stable and safer 

Alex Ostler - Whiteley Clinic Summer Research Fellow 2013 - with her
research poster on PAVA - a new sort of varicose vein first described at The Whiteley Clinic

Briony Hudson - Whiteley Clinic PhD student with The University of Surrey - with her 

research poster on how to reduce anxiety and pain in patients having varicose vein surgery

Scott dos Santos - Whiteley Clinic research co-ordinator 2013-4 - with his
research poster on why duplex ultrasound is essential in diagnosing pelvic varicose veins 

Whiteley Clinic varicose veins research at American Venous Forum

Next week at the American venous forum in New Orleans, researchers from The Whiteley Clinic will be presenting their latest research into varicose veins, the causes of varicose veins and the best treatments of varicose veins.

Website for meeting - http://www.veinforum.org/

On the morning of Wednesday, 19 February, Prof Mark Whiteley will be presenting at a Vascular Insights breakfast meeting:

• "Investigating the Mechanism of Action of MOCA (Clarivein) using Histology and Immunofluorescence" - Prof Mark Whiteley

Later on in the same morning, Salil Patel (Whiteley clinic summer research fellow 2013) will present his paper at the main scientific meeting:

• "The Effects of Altitude, Temperature, Gas to Sclerosants Ratio, Air vs 50:50 mixture of CO2 and O2, Foam Volume, Presence of Silicon and Consecutive uses of Syringes on the Longevity of Tessari made Foam for Sclerotherapy." SB Patel, AE Ostler, TM Pirie, MS Whiteley

In addition on the Wednesday, a multicentre study which included the Whiteley Clinic as a centre for using the new Venaseal "Superglue" for varicose veins will be presented:

• "12 months follow-up of the European multicentre study on cyanoacrylate embolisation of incompetent great saphenous veins." - TM Proebstle, J Alm, S Dimitri, L Rasmussen, M Whiteley, J Lawson, A Davies; University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Dermatoligikum, Hamburg, Germany, The Countess of Chester Hospital, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Danish Vein Centers, Naestved, Denmark, The Whiteley Clinic, Guildford, United Kingdom, Skin and Vein Clinic Oosterwal, Alkmaar, Netherlands, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.

Scott Dos Santos (Whiteley Clinic research coordinator) has a poster accepted for the meeting:

• "Ovarian Vein Diameter Cannot be Used as an Indicator of Ovarian Venous Reflux" - SJ Dos Santos, JM Holdstock, CC Harrison, AJ Lopez, MS Whiteley 

Alexandra Ostler (Whiteley Clinic summer research fellow 2013) also has a poster accepted for the meeting:

• "Primary Avalvular Varicose Anomalies (PAVA) - A naturally occurring phenomenon that might be misdiagnosed as neovascular tissue in recurrent varicose veins." AE Ostler, JM Holdstock, CC Harrison, TJ Fernandez-Hart, MS Whiteley

and Briony Hudson, Ph.D. student at the University of Surrey and The Whiteley Clinic has had a randomised controlled study accepted as a poster for the meeting:

• "Randomised Controlled Trial Exploring The Effects Of Intra-operative Distraction During Ambulatory Venous Surgery on Immediate and Three Month Outcomes." B Hudson, J Ogden, MS Whiteley 

For more information about the American Venous Forum please see: http://www.veinforum.org/