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Surgery | Common Surgical Conditions | Peripheral Vascular Disease: Varicose Veins

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Medical Doctors
Location
Online
Delivery
Online
Subject matter expert
elearning for healthcare
Provider
eIntegrity

Peripheral Vascular Disease: Varicose Veins
Session Overview
Description
This session covers essential information on varicose veins required to pass the MRCS examination. It also provides the essential knowledge and skills required for Core trainees in their day-to-day practice.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you should be able to:

  • Define the varicose veins and understand the aetiology and pathophysiology of varicose veins
  • Assess the patient with varicose veins
  • Formulate the investigations for the varicose veins
  • Discuss the treatment options
  • Apply NICE guidelines in decision making

Prerequisites
Before commencing this session you should have a:

  • A basic knowledge of lower limb venous drainage
  • Familiarity of assessing the arterial blood supply of lower limbs

This session covers essential information on varicose veins required to pass the MRCS examination.

It also provides the essential knowledge and skills required for Core trainees and early years of Specialty trainees in their day-to-day practice.

The treatment options will be discussed but the technical aspects of treatment are beyond the scope of this session.

Varicose veins are defined as dilated tortuous veins with reversed blood flow. The prevalence of varicose veins is predicted to be around 20-33% in the United Kingdom [1](read details regarding the reference), [2](read details regarding the reference). Most of these are either asymptomatic or will have only mild symptoms. About 3-6% of the patients with varicose veins develop venous ulcers [2](read details regarding the reference) which equates the prevalence of chronic venous ulceration is between 0.1%-0.3% in the UK [1](read details regarding the reference).


PRM123
Type
Delivery
Title
Surgery | Common Surgical Conditions | Peripheral Vascular Disease: Varicose Veins
Interest Areas / Topics Covered
General Surgery, Vascular
Location
Provider Type
Education Provider
Location
Online
Posted By
eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
Reference
SUR 02 - Common Surgical Conditions, 02_19 Peripheral Vascular Disease: Varicose Veins
Price:
$19.00
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