Imperial College London
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Dr Francine Heatley

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Clinical Trials Manager
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 3311 7371f.heatley Website

 
 
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3E4East WingCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Heatley:2020:10.1177/0268355520917847,
author = {Heatley, F and Onida, S and Davies, AH},
doi = {10.1177/0268355520917847},
journal = {Phlebology},
pages = {576--582},
title = {The global management of leg ulceration: Pre early venous reflux ablation trial},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0268355520917847},
volume = {35},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - BackgroundVarious guidelines exist worldwide for the diagnosis and management of venous leg ulcers; however, these are difficult to implement resulting in disparate treatment of patients globally.MethodAn online, 26-question survey was designed to evaluate the current global management of venous leg ulceration and was emailed globally to approximately 15,000 participants (November 2017–February 2018).ResultsOverall, 799 responses were received from 86 countries, with a 5% response rate. The respondent physicians saw a median of 10 (interquartile range 5–20) patients per month, with a median time to referral from primary to secondary care of six weeks. Of the respondents, 61% arranged an ankle brachial pressure index on first visit and 84% performed a venous duplex, with 95% prescribing compression for those in whom it was not contraindicated. Fifty-nine percent performed endovenous intervention or surgery prior to ulcer healing.ConclusionsThe survey showed a diversity of treatment pathways. The need to develop a robust, clear pathway for patients with leg ulceration is clearly required.
AU  - Heatley,F
AU  - Onida,S
AU  - Davies,AH
DO  - 10.1177/0268355520917847
EP  - 582
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0268-3555
SP  - 576
TI  - The global management of leg ulceration: Pre early venous reflux ablation trial
T2  - Phlebology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0268355520917847
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000527136100001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0268355520917847
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/79256
VL  - 35
ER  -
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