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Saving vascular surgeons: a personal view of embracing vulnerability through coaching and mentorship

May 29, 2025

*Trigger warning – this article contains mention of surgical trauma. I would like to congratulate the authors on conducting the survey of Early Year Consultants in this edition of the JVSGBI and thank the respondents for their honesty in answering the questions.1 The results are worrying but, I am afraid to say, not surprising. As…

How do we best support our early year consultant vascular surgeons?

May 29, 2025

The first few years of your consultant career can be a lonely space place, with the pressure to prove yourself in an NHS which is struggling for resources and demanding ever more from its workforce. The data from the survey published in this issue of the JVSGBI highlight the urgent need to place the well-being…

Effectiveness of antimicrobial dressings in surgical site infection prophylaxis in surgical wounds healing by secondary intentions (SWHSI): a systematic review protocol

May 29, 2025

Introduction Healing by primary intention occurs when the incision edges are approximated with physical means (sutures, staples, etc) after surgery. Surgical wounds healing by secondary intention (SWHSI) refers to surgical wounds left open after a surgical procedure. The general definition of SWHSI is a wound left open arising from any surgical specialty and occurring on…

A survey of early year consultant vascular surgeons in the UK to assess well-being, support and the availability of mentoring

May 29, 2025

Background The transition from resident doctor to consultant surgeon is regarded to be a period that can be extremely challenging for clinicians.1 Over the past decade the UK surgical workspace has become more testing due to a reduction in clinical experience as a result of both the European Working Time Directive and the ‘modernising medical…

A survey of contemporary acute lower limb ischaemia management

May 29, 2025

Introduction Acute limb ischaemia (ALI) occurs as a result of abrupt reduction in limb perfusion due to total or subtotal arterial occlusion by thomboembolism to the peripheral arteries within 14 days of the presentation. It is a vascular emergency with an incidence rate of 140 per million per annum and an average prevalence rate of…