Leg Ulcer cured at The Whiteley Clinic

Leg ulcers can often be cured using local anaesthetic surgery, following The Whiteley Protocol (TM).

 

 

These photos show a patient with a left leg ulcer (above) who underwent local anaesthetic vein surgery by Mr Barrie Price at The Whiteley Clinic in October 2012.

 

Using EVLA (Endolvenous laser ablation) and TRLOP (TRansLuminal Occlusion of Perforators) the patient had complete cure today - just under 3 months later.

 

Unlike compression treatment with banadages or stockings, the ulcer will stay healed and did not need any bandages or compression during the healing process.

For more information see:    www.legulcers.co.uk

for our results see: Healing rates following venous surgery for chronic venous leg ulcers in an independent specialist vein unit. Thomas CA, Holdstock JM, Harrison CC, Price BA, Whiteley MS.Phlebology. 2012 Jul 25. [Epub ahead of print]

Barrie Price wins debate about perforator veins

Mr Barrie Price MS MD FRCS FCPhleb
Consultant Vein Surgeon and Fellow of The College of Phlebology
(www.collegeofphlebology.com)

On Tuesday this week, Mr Barrie Price of The Whiteley Cinic, won his debate at a major international medical conference.

The Charing Cross symposium is the biggest vascular conference in the UK - and one of the major Vascular events each year in the world.

The debate was between Professor Charles McCollum and Barrie Price. Professor McCollum was arguing for the popular assertion that below knee perforating veins do not need to be treated, and treating them is pointless.

Barrie Price spoke engagingly and brilliantly explaining his own experience, The Whiteley Clinic research and also the mechanism of action of perforators as outlined in The College of Phlebology book "Understanding Venous Reflux - The Cause of Varicose Veins and Venous Leg Ulcers".

The debate became quite heated as it became clear that Barrie Price's assertion that these perforating veins are very important in varicose veins, venous eczema and the formation of venous eczema - and that the treatment of these perforating veins is actually essential. Indeed the failure of most venous surgeons to do so is one of the major reasons that varicose veins keep coming back again and that patients with venous leg ulcers spend years in bandages rather than being cured by surgery.

When the audience was asked to vote, it came a a huge surprise to traditional vascular surgeons (who generally do not treat perforators) that 2/3rds of the audience voted for Barrie Price and his arguments.

This year, both Barrie Price and Mark Whiteley were invited to speak and write chapters in the Charing Cross book (see previous blog post). In addition, Judy Holdstock and Charmain Harrison from The Whiteley Clinic were asked to teach on The Office Based Vein Course at the same meeting.

10 year celebrations of new varicose veins surgery

Last night, The Whiteley Clinic hosted a surprise party for me and Judy Holdstock, to celebrate our 10 year anniversary of performing the first keyhole operation for varicose veins in the UK. From that operation has sprung the whole revolution of the new walk-in walk-out vein surgery in the UK.


The whole of The Whiteley Clinic team were there - including Mr Barrie Price, consultant vascular surgeon and Mrs Charmaine Harrison, vascular technologist, and Vicki Smith(http://www.absoluteaesthetics.co.uk/).

They were joined by many guests including:

Steph Cook MBE, olympic gold medalist in Sydney in the modern pentathalon - who used to be a research fellow at The Whiteley Clinic (see picture below)
Professor Brian Allyson and his wife
Mr Bryn Edwards and his wife
Miss Sovra Whitcroft - consultant gynaecologist of The Surrey Park Clinic (http://www.thesurreyparkclinic.co.uk/)
Dr Tony Lopez - consultant radiologist of The Imaging Clinic (http://www.theimagingclinic.co.uk/)
and many other friends.

I was also most touched that my brothers and sister travelled many miles to join me - Kim Jago, David Whiteley and Dr Andrew Whiteley.

Lastly my 3 beautiful daughters also took time away from their exams to join us for our celebrations - Emily, Alice and Lucy.

The evening was a splendid affair with a fine address by Mr Barrie Price, and very funny speech by Dr Tony Lopez and a heartfelt talk from Judy Holdstock who has spent 10 years of her life working with me to perfect our techniques.

The clinic staff put on some wonderful arrangements including a montage of all the press articles about me and The Whiteley Clinic over the last 10 years - and fantastic food was provided by the Michelin Star restaurant - Drakes on the Pond (http://www.drakesonthepond.com/).

A lovely evening finished early enough for me to get ready for a day of operating today and a video for the BBC online this morning about our new Laser Sweat Ablation operation.

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