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Rouleaux Club Winning Essay 2024
STUDENT CATEGORY Should vascular surgery trainees be allowed to sub-specialise during training? Oladimeji John Abiodun, University of Nottingham, 5th Year medical student Introduction “The Vascular Surgeon” as a distinct entity, is a novel concept in the UK, only formalising in 2013, with the introduction of the specialty vascular training programme.1 Following the conventional pathway,…
Validation of the Clinical Frailty Scale in vascular surgery: a protocol
Introduction As life expectancy increases, so does the prevalence of older patients and age-related health conditions. Frailty is one such condition which has become increasingly recognised as a clinical syndrome, distinct from chronological age, disability and comorbidity.1–3 A complex, dynamic and multifactorial syndrome, frailty may be theoretically defined as ‘a state of increased vulnerability, resulting…
Mentorship: an overview
Introduction This is the first in a series of editorials on mentorship in which we will define mentorship, provide evidence for its impact and benefit, and detail why now is the right time to embed it in our specialty and how we plan to do this with a detailed overview of the structure, objectives and…
First reported case of successfully deploying the GORE Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis under local anaesthesia
Abstract Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) is an effective treatment option for thoracic aortic penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers (PAU) in both elective and emergency situations. The benefits of TEVAR over open surgery include reduced morbidity, length of hospital stay and short-term mortality. The GORE Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (TBE) increases the breadth of pathology that can be…
