Helen Jones
Decisional regret in vascular surgery: a scoping review protocol
Introduction Decisional regret describes significant negative emotions such as distress or remorse following a decision.1 Some patients may regret decisions made about their treatments including whether to have surgery. A decision may be regretted because of the option chosen, the outcome or how it was made. A decision with a ‘good’ outcome may still be…
Mentorship in practice: what being a mentor really involves
Introduction Across previous editorials, we have explored mentorship from several perspectives. We outlined the rationale for mentorship within UK vascular surgery,1 discussed how to build effective relationships,2 and highlighted the core principles that underpin a meaningful mentoring journey.3 What we have not yet examined in detail is one key practical question: what does a mentor…
Risking life and limb: no hiding from failure
Introduction Acute limb ischaemia (ALI) is one of the few vascular emergencies where time is quite literally tissue. Delays to treatment risk permanent limb impairment or amputation and death. With that in mind, the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) report Risking Life and Limb (2025)1 makes uncomfortable reading. Despite firm principles…
Calculating and reducing the environmental impact of hybrid endovascular surgery
Introduction Background Climate change refers to long-term shifts in global temperatures and weather patterns, driven predominantly over the past two centuries by human activity, particularly the combustion of fossil fuels. The release of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) traps heat within the atmosphere, raising global temperatures,1 which is known as…
