BAS 2023 Conference Programme

ANNUAL MEETING 2023 –Tuesday  23rd May 2023

Dorney Lake Conference Centre,

Dorney Lake, Eton College Rowing Centre, Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor SL4 6FJ

09.00h

Registration and refreshments

09:30h

Welcome         Dr Martyn King, Chair of the BAS

What to do with leg ulcers: investigation and treatment

Chair of session: Dr Martyn King

09:32

Investigation – leg ulcers

 

Mr Alastair Lewis, Consultant Vascular Surgeon

09:50

Treatment – leg ulcer

 

Mr Martin Claridge, Consultant Vascular Surgeon

10:10

Topical applications for leg ulcer – do they work?

 

Mr Stephen Blair, Consultant Vascular Surgeon

10:30

Treatment of pelvic and non-saphenous varicose veins

 

Mr Ian Franklin, Consultant Vascular Surgeon

10:50 – 11:20h

Coffee & visit trade exhibition/networking

Microsclerotherapy

Chair of session: Mr Philip Coleridge Smith

11:20

How to assess patients with telangiectases and thread veins

 

Mr Martin Claridge, Consultant Vascular Surgeon

11:35

Treatment of telangiectases and reticular varices

What to say to patients, Pre-treatment counselling, the risks to mention, issues of consent

 

Mr Ian Franklin, Consultant Vascular Surgeon

11:50

How to make microsclerotherapy effective:

Which sclerosant to use, which concentration and how much to inject

 

Mr Philip Coleridge Smith, Consultant Vascular Surgeon

12:05

Posttreatment management of sclerotherapy patients

Compression stockings, review of outcome, thrombus extraction, dealing with patient expectations

 

Gaynor Hughes, Aesthetic Nurse and Microsclerotherapy Trainer

12:20

Management of adverse events

What to say to the patient, what to do

 

Mr Philip Coleridge Smith

12.35 – 14.00h

Lunch (visit trade exhibition & networking)

12:55 – 13:55h

Basic Life Support training

Restricted numbers session – separate registration required

Live demonstrations  Plenary session with video coverage in main auditorium

Chair of session: Dr Martyn King

14.00

Foam sclerotherapy: Philip Coleridge Smith

14.20 – 15.20h

Microsclerotherapy: Claire Judge, Catharine McGuinness

15:20

Tea/coffee

Afternoon session: Modern phlebology practice

Chair of session: Dr Stephen Tristram

15:30

How to market your practice – Is it all internet?

 

Dr Martyn King, Aesthetic Physician

15:45

Clinical management software for aesthetic and private practice.

 

Mr Zola Mzimba, Consultant Vascular Surgeon

16:00

New techniques and gadgets in treatment of thread veins and varicose veins.

 

Mr Stephen Blair, Consultant Vascular Surgeon

16:15

Causes, Investigation and treatment of the swollen leg

 

Miss Catharine McGuinness

16:30

Case presentations from members of the BAS – What would you have done?

Chair of session: Dr Martyn King

 

Delayed notification of a problem following microsclerotherapy: Miss Catharine McGuinness

 

A problem following sclerotherapy: Mr Philip Coleridge Smith

16.40

The Last Word

 

Dr Stephen Tristram, Vascular Physician, Fellow of the British Association of Sclerotherapists

16:50

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