Helen Jones
VASGBI Annual Scientific Meeting 2024, Leeds, 9-10th September, oral presentation top abstracts
Authors of the top scoring abstracts submitted were given the opportunity to give an oral presentation of their work during our free paper session. The first paper, by Akshay Shah et al was awarded first prize. Platelet function in patients undergoing major non-cardiac vascular surgery (PLUGS): A prospective cohort study Akshay Shah,1 Grace Polley,2…
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The JVSGBI has had an incredibly successful first three years. The journal is free, open-access, published online quarterly and represents the whole vascular community. One hundred and seventeen articles have been published and time to on-line publication is ten weeks. It is pleasing that the most accessed JVSGBI resource over the last 12 months has…
Read MoreImproving radiation protection amongst the UK vascular surgery workforce
Introduction The use of ionising radiation in the UK is regulated nationally through legislation. The legal requirements for employers for the protection of radiation exposed workers are detailed in Ionising Radiation Regulations 2017 (IRR17),1 Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER17)2 and Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) (Amendment) Regulations 2018,3 with the ultimate responsibility for their…
Read MoreStandards of radiation protection amongst UK vascular surgeons: a clinician’s perspective
Background The rapid evolution of endovascular technologies over the past 30 years has driven an exponential rise in the number of x-ray guided minimally invasive procedures undertaken by clinicians, including vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, angiologists and cardiologists. In the UK approximately 60% of all aortic cases are performed endovascularly1 compared with just 1% in 2001;…
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