Volume 3 Issue 3
Welcome to the May 2024 edition of the Journal of Vascular Societies Great Britain and Ireland (JVSGBI). Professor Rob Sayers from Leicester opens this edition with a review of the current management of type B aortic dissection in the UK sign posting specifically the associated tool kit, the need for improved outcome data and the…
Read MoreRouleaux Club Winning Essays 2023
STUDENT CATEGORY Is surgical bypass underutilised for patients requiring lower limb revascularisation? Luke Davies, University of Bristol Introduction For decades, surgical bypass provided the mainstay of treatment for the most advanced presentation of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), now referred to as chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI).1-3 However, the introduction and technical advancements of less-invasive endovascular approaches has…
Read MoreVASGBI 2023 Brighton oral presentation abstracts
Authors of the top scoring abstract submitted are given the opportunity to give an oral presentation of their work during our free paper session. The first paper, by Suzanne Harrogate et al was awarded first prize. A National Study of Peri-operative Smoking Cessation in Vascular Surgery Suzanne Harrogate,1,2 Jonathan Barnes,3 Josie Watts,4 Ava Lorenc,4…
Read MorePrognostic value of simple frailty and malnutrition screening tools for determining surgical risk in patients with chronic limb threatening ischaemia undergoing major vascular surgery: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Introduction Chronic limb threatening ischaemia (CLTI) is a severe manifestation of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), characterised by intractable rest pain with or without tissue loss in the form of ulceration and/or gangrene or infection.1 Approximately 1% of all PAD cases are due to CLTI and first-line treatment includes revascularisation, primary amputation or, in some cases,…
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