A joint meeting was held between the BAS and the Venous Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine on 28th – 29th April 2010 at the Royal Society of Medicine in London.
The programme for this meeting follows:
Venous Forum Annual Spring meeting
Organised by the Venous Forum
In association with the British Association of Sclerotherapists
& Society of Vascular Technology
Wednesday – Thursday 29 – 30 April 2009
Wednesday 29 April
9.30 am Registration, tea and coffee
10.00 am Welcome and introduction
Professor Alun Davies, President of the Venous Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine
10.05 am The future of the management of Venous disease
Professor Andrew Bradbury, Professor of Vascular Surgery and Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
10.30 am Commencement of hands on workshop
(LOWER ATRIUM THEATRE)
Chair: Mr Ian Franklin, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Charing Cross Hospital, Professor Alun Davies, President of the Venous Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine; and the Charing Cross team
10.30 am 6 Abstracts 5/5 minutes
(MAIN LECTURE THEATRE)
Chair: Mr Frank Smith, Bristol Royal Infirmary and Mr Andrew Parry
11.30 am Tea and coffee break
12.00 pm 6 Abstracts 5/5 minutes
(MAIN LECTURE THEATRE)
Chair: Mr Bruce Braithwaite, Nottingham University and Professor Saraj Das
1.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm DVT Symposium
(MAIN LECTURE THEATRE)
Chair: Mr David Berridge, Honorary Secretary of the Venous Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine
NICE guidelines for Prophylaxis
Professor Gerry Dolan, Nottingham University Hospital
ACCP guidelines/ Pneumatic compression
Mr Jo Caprini
Travel DVT
Mr John Scurr
New/Future anticoagulants
Professor A Kakkar
3.30 pm Tea and coffee break
4.00 pm Updates
(MAIN LECTURE THEATRE)
Chair: Professor Alun Davies, President of the Venous Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine
4.00 pm The CLASS trial
Ms Julie Brittenden, Senior Lecturer in Vascular Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
4.15 pm The ESCHAR Study and its implications
Mr Keith Poskitt, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Cheltenham General Hospital and Mr Manj Gohel
4.30 pm The VEIN project
Mr JJ Earnshaw, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Gloustershire Royal Hospital
4.40 pm The Phlebology RM Press lecture: Outcome and evidence in Venous disease
Dr Mark Meissener, Vascular Surgeon – Seattle, Washington, USA
5.10 pm Business meeting
6.00 pm Completion of evaluation forms and close of meeting
7.00 pm Annual dinner
For those who have pre-booked only
Thursday 30 April 2009
8.00 am Breakfast symposium VNUS
(WIMPOLE ROOM)
Chair: Mr Mike Branagan-Harris, Managing Director, VNUS Medical Technologies
Setting up an outpatient room based varicose vein unit
Mr Ian Franklin, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Charing Cross Hospital
The complete endovenous practice
Mr Ken Woodburn, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Patients unsuitable for traditional vein stripping surgery
Mr Ian Franklin, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Charing Cross Hospital
Phlebectomy – at the same time or leave?
Mr Andrew McIrvine and Mr Ken Woodburn, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Question and Answer session
Mr Ian Franklin, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Charing Cross Hospital, Mr Ken Woodburn, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Royal Cornwall Hospital and Mr Andrew McIrvine
9.00 am SVT SATELLITE MEETING – PARALLEL PROGRAMME
(MAX RAYNE LECTURE THEATRE)
Please see separate programme for details.
9.00 am Commencement of hands on workshop
(LOWER ATRIUM THEATRE)
Chair: Mr Ian Franklin, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Charing Cross Hospital, Professor Alun Davies, President of the Venous Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine; and the Charing Cross team
9.00 am Sclerotherapy in the 21st Century
(MAIN LECTURE THEATRE)
Chair: Mr Philip Coleridge-Smith and Mr Tim Lees, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Freeman Hospital
Sclerotherapy: past, present and future
Professor Bruce Campbell, Consultant Surgeon, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital
How to set up a sclerotherapy practice
Mr Simon Payne, Consultant Surgeon, Portsmouth
Sclerosant drugs: what is available and regulatory aspect of use
Mr Mike Watkins, STD Pharmaceuticals, Hereford
Compression following sclerotherapy
Mr Paul Tisi, Bedford Hospital, Bedfordshire
Med-Legal aspects of sclerotherapy
Mr John Scurr, Consultant Surgeon, London Vein Institute
Management of Vascular Malformations
Professor George Hamilton, Professor of Vascular Surgery, the Royal Free Hospital
Customer care
Mr Haroun Gajraj, Consultant Surgeon
Navigating your way to a website that pays for itself
Mr Nick Pratt, Sitemakers, Somerset
Discussion
10.20 am Tea and coffee break
10.50 am Invited speakers session
(MAIN LECTURE THEATRE)
Chair: Professor Stansby, Professor of Vascular Surgery, Freeman Hospital and Mr Keith Poskitt, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Cheltenham General Hospital
Thrombophilla for surgeons and sclerotherapists
Professor Samuel Machin, Professor of Haematology, University College London
Foam – the best recipes
Dr Attilio Cavezzi, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Clinica Stella Maris, S.Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
How safe is foam sclerotherapy?
Mr David Wright, BTG PLC, London
How foam has changed my life
Mr Mike Gough, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Leeds General Infirmary
Discussion
12.10 pm Lunch
1.10 pm Practical Management of Vein Problems
(MAIN LECTURE THEATRE)
Chair: Mr JJ Earnshaw, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Gloustershire Royal Hospital and Mr Mike Gough, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Leeds General Infirmary
Clinical examination of the venous system
Dr Jean-Pierre Gobin, Président de la Société Française de Phlébologie, Lyon
Role of Duplex ultrasound examination for venous disease
Mr Sameh Dimitri, Consultant Surgeon, Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester
What to look for on the Duplex scan: varicose veins and telangiectases
Mr Philip Coleridge Smith, Consultant Surgeon, Buckinghamshire
Successful treatment of telangiectases for surgeons
Mr Brandon Krijgsman, Consultant Surgeon, Peterborough District Hospital, Peterborough
Discussion
2.10 pm 6 Abstracts 5/5 minutes
(MAIN LECTURE THEATRE)
Chair: Mr Isaac Nyamekeye, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Worcester Royal Hospital and Mr T Magee, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Royal Berkshire Hospital
3.10 pm Tea and coffee break
3.40 pm Treating the untreatable – less common veins
(MAIN LECTURE THEATRE)
Chair: Dr Richard Bull, Consultant Dermatologist, Homerton University
Anatomy and how to avoid injecting the wrong thing
Mr Bruce Braithwaite, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Nottingham University, Nottinghamshire
Surgical treatment of varices of the foot
Mr Robert S Taylor, Consultant Surgeon, Ashtead Hospital, Surrey
Management of hand veins
Dr Steve Tristram, Vascular Specialist, Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust, Hampshire
If all else fails – camouflage
Ms Elizabeth Allen, Principal Tutor, British Association of Skin Camouflage, PO Box 202, Macclesesfield, SK11 6FP
Discussion
4.40 pm Completion of evaluation forms
4.45 pm Awarding of prizes and close of meeting
Professor Alun Davies, President of the Venous Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine and Mr David Berridge, Honorary Secretary of the Venous Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine