Experience of varicose veins treatment at The Whiteley Clinic, London Clinic

Comment on Whiteley Clinic treatment by Mr AC - 34 Years old male:

"The central London pre-treatment consultation and scan was very efficient and convenient. I was reassured by the clear explanation of the proposed treatment method and why it achieves better outcomes than the commonly used vein stripping procedure.

The treatment day was as efficient - literally a walk in and walk out service. I couldn't believe that, after the operation, I could just walk to the station and catch the tube home without a shred of discomfort. The clinic was very comfortable and the care very considerate.

The operation itself was quick, without any pain, and I was very well looked after by an excellent consultant anaesthetist and other medical staff. I didn't require any pain killers at all after the procedure, and had no discomfort.

I am absolutely amazed at the results - the varicose veins have completely disappeared, but for me, more importantly, the pain has completely gone. I can stand for hours with no pain, and the days of long dull aches have gone. Thanks for fixing me up!

With best wishes to you and many thanks - a special thanks too to the vascular technologist - I had a scan previously (when booked in with the NHS to have the vein stripped...) and it was really uncomfortable; your guy was superb."

Veins book available on Amazon

This text book, written by Mark Whiteley explains how veins work, and how they go wrong to cause thread veins, varicose veins and leg ulcers.

It is an essential text for all doctors, nurses and therapists who treat veins - and all doctors and nurses who advise patients (such as General Practitioners or Family Doctors).

It has bee written in an easy to follow style with 53 diagrams so that anyone with an interest in vein or venous disease can understand it - even if not medically trained.



Understanding Venous Reflux - The Cause of Varicose Veins and Venous Leg Ulcers is now available as a paperback or on the Kindle as an e-book.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Understanding-Venous-Reflux-Varicose-Ulcers/dp/1908586001/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319632814&sr=8-1-spell

Minimally invasive vein treatment course - Opinion received today

"I would like to thank you for the great course that we had with you. We have learned a lot about all minimally invasive venous procedures (from A to Z) including endovenous ablation (laser/ RF), phlebectomies, microsclerotherapy and foam sclerotherapy. I would like to inform you that in the last 5 months (since we had the course) our skills in all venous procedures were dramatically improved and our patients were very satisfied with the results.


We learned not only techniques but also exact indications for each procedure for different patients significantly.

After following your strategies, we were able to boost our practice and attract more patients in the last few months. I strongly recommend this course for every person involved or just started or willing to learn about venous diseases and chronic venous insufficiency.

Thank you again Mr. Whiteley and all your colleagues and staff for all what you did for us and looking forward for future visits."

For more information about The Whiteley Clinic minimally invasive vein courses run through The Clinical Exchange, please see www.theclinicalexchange.com under "courses".

Mark Whiteley speaking at Professional Beauty North this Sunday, 17th October 2011

Mark Whiteley is a guest speaker at Professional Beauty North, on Sunday 17th October 2011.

He will be giving a 45 minute talk on "Overview of invasive and non-invasive vein treatments", at the Medical Aesthetics seminar of the meeting.

Mark will be happy to answer any questions after his talk.

Link: http://www.professionalbeauty.co.uk/site/Default.aspx?id=ac7e5254-89db-44b5-a47a-c19665b8de20

Sapheon (CyanoAcrylate Glue) to close varicose veins - questions need answering

The Sapheon system for treating varicose veins will soon be trialled in Europe.

Sapheon is basically "super-glue" that is put up inside the vein to be treated, using a long thin tube (called a catheter).

This tube can be positioned under ultrasound control making sure it is positioned in the correct position, and then the glue (CyanoAcrylate) injected.

The advantages of this system are that like Endovenous Laser Ablation (EVLA) and Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) it is put up inside the vein under ultrasound control - so it is done without general anaesthetic through pin-holes only.

A supposed advantage is that "tumescent" anaesthetic doesn't have to be injected around the vein (like the claims by Clarivein - see earlier in this blog) as there is no heat. However whether this is an advantage to the patient or just to the fact that this gets around a US Patent on using tumescence held by another company is less clear!

However before we all rush to use this new technique, there are several questions that need to be answered.

Although the company claims that it closes the vein and causes fibrosis (which is good and what we want) the model on pig veins that is quoted seems to show fibrosis INSIDE the vein - NOT of the whole thickness of the vein wall.

We already know that sclerotherapy when used in the the big "truncal" veins causes fibrosis inside the vein - but not through the whole vein wall, and the failure rate over the first couple of years in unacceptably high.

Therefore, just as our councerns with the medium to long term results from Clarivein for the same reason, we would worry that Sapheon will show good "closure" of the treated veins in the first few months by bunging up the vein with a combination of clot and fibrous tissue - only to have an increasing number of failures over the first few years as the living vein wall always healing and the vein to re-open.

Hopefully for Sapheon they will be able to show this is not the case - but on our current understanding of how venous occlusion works and our own research, we doubt that the results will be anywhere as good as the 100% closure and atrophy of veins we are seeing at 5 - 10 years post EVLA and RFA when used under The Whiteley Protocol(TM)

Easy Living Magazine - November 2011

There is an excellent article coming out in Easy Living Magazine, November issue (pages 140 - 143).

Kate Shapland has written a very informative article on the Varicose Veins - and outlined the best and worst treatments.

Mark Whiteley is quoted several times - and one of The Whiteley Clinic patients who had pelvic vein embolisation is featured.

See: Easy Living Magazine, November 2011, Page 410-413

Mark Whiteley invited to give 2 talks at Charing Cross Symposium April 2012

Mark Whiteley has been invited to give 2 talks at next year's Charing Cross International Symposium.

He will be giving talks on the treatment of incompetent perforator veins and the treatment of vulval and pelvic varicose veins.

Mr Barrie Price, also of The Whiteley Clinic will be part of the debate on treating perforating veins.

To see the program and to register, please follow the link:

http://www.cxvascular.com/cx-main-programme