Outputs (14)

Postoperative remote first care for financially and environmentally sustainable healthcare (2025)
Journal Article
Lathan, R., Hitchman, L., Walshaw, J., Ravindhran, B., Carradice, D., Smith, G., Chetter, I., & Yiasewmidou, M. (2025). Postoperative remote first care for financially and environmentally sustainable healthcare. npj Digital Medicine, 8, Article 299. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-01585-3

This study aims to quantify the financial and environmental savings associated with remote follow up in patients undergoing lower limb arterial surgery. A prospective observational study evaluating financial cost(fC) and environmental cost(eC) of pos... Read More about Postoperative remote first care for financially and environmentally sustainable healthcare.

Environmental and financial cost of surgical-site infection by severity after lower limb vascular surgery (2025)
Journal Article
Lathan, R., Daysley, H., Ravindhran, B., Lim, A., Cutteridge, J., Sidapra, M., Long, J., Hitchman, L., Beltran-Alvarez, P., Carradice, D., Smith, G., & Chetter, I. (2025). Environmental and financial cost of surgical-site infection by severity after lower limb vascular surgery. BJS Open, 9(3), Article zraf015. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraf015

BACKGROUND: There is sparse evidence of the relationship between environmental and financial costs of surgical-site infection. Identifying areas of high-cost burden would enable key targets for clinical interventions to aid in achieving the UK nation... Read More about Environmental and financial cost of surgical-site infection by severity after lower limb vascular surgery.

ASSIST: Development of a simplified clinician-patient hybrid reporting outcome measure for remote diagnosis of surgical site infection (2025)
Journal Article
Lathan, R., Hitchman, L., Walshaw, J., Ravindhran, B., Sidapra, M., Lim, A., Long, J., Totty, J., Carradice, D., Smith, G., & Chetter, I. (2025). ASSIST: Development of a simplified clinician-patient hybrid reporting outcome measure for remote diagnosis of surgical site infection. International wound journal, 22(4), Article e70234. https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.70234

Background
Remote assessment of surgical site infection(SSI) lacks sensitivity for diagnosis of SSI but current evidence has not evaluated whether a combination of photographs and questionnaires improves diagnostic accuracy. This study aims to devel... Read More about ASSIST: Development of a simplified clinician-patient hybrid reporting outcome measure for remote diagnosis of surgical site infection.

A pilot three arm randomised controlled trial and qualitative study of extracorporeal shockwave therapy for diabetic foot ulcer healing (SOLEFUL): A study protocol (2025)
Journal Article
Twiddy, M., Hitchman, L., Iglesias, C., Chetter, I. C., Russell, D., & Smith, G. (2025). A pilot three arm randomised controlled trial and qualitative study of extracorporeal shockwave therapy for diabetic foot ulcer healing (SOLEFUL): A study protocol. International wound journal, 22(4), Article e70176. https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.70176

The development of effective interventions for diabetes-related foot ulcers (DFU) healing is vital. This protocol outlines a pilot trial and qualitative study investigating ESWT in DFU healing. A pilot three arm placebo controlled double-blinded rand... Read More about A pilot three arm randomised controlled trial and qualitative study of extracorporeal shockwave therapy for diabetic foot ulcer healing (SOLEFUL): A study protocol.

Tailored Risk Assessment and Forecasting in Intermittent Claudication: A Proof of Concept Decision Support Tool (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ravindhran, B., Prosser, J., Lim, A., Mishra, B., Lathan, R., Hitchman, L., Smith, G., Carradice, D., Thakker, D., Pymer, S., & Chetter, I. (2024, June). Tailored Risk Assessment and Forecasting in Intermittent Claudication: A Proof of Concept Decision Support Tool. Presented at The European Society for Vascular Surgery Translational Spring Meeting 2024, Stockholm, Sweden

A feasibility survey to inform trial design investigating surgical site infection prevention in vascular surgery (2024)
Journal Article
Lathan, R., Hitchman, L., Long, J., Gwilym, B., Wall, M., Juszczak, M., Smith, G., Popplewell, M., Bosanquet, D., Hinchliffe, R., Pinkney, T., & Chetter, I. (2024). A feasibility survey to inform trial design investigating surgical site infection prevention in vascular surgery. Journal of Vascular Societies Great Britain and Ireland, 3(2), 76-83. https://doi.org/10.54522/jvsgbi.2024.116

Introduction: Current surgical site infection (SSI) prevention guidance indicates low-quality evidence supporting many of their recommendations. Subsequently, there is substantial variation in practice and often implementation of unsubstantiated inte... Read More about A feasibility survey to inform trial design investigating surgical site infection prevention in vascular surgery.

Tailored risk assessment and forecasting in intermittent claudication (2024)
Journal Article
Ravindhran, B., Prosser, J., Lim, A., Lathan, R., Mishra, B., Hitchman, L., Smith, G. E., Carradice, D., Thakker, D., Chetter, I. C., & Pymer, S. (2024). Tailored risk assessment and forecasting in intermittent claudication. BJS Open, 8(1), Article zrad166. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrad166

Background: Guidelines recommend cardiovascular risk reduction and supervised exercise therapy as the first line of treatment in intermittent claudication, but implementation challenges and poor patient compliance lead to significant variation in man... Read More about Tailored risk assessment and forecasting in intermittent claudication.

Supervised Exercise Therapy for Intermittent Claudication: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis of Retrospective Data on Long Term Cardiovascular Outcomes (2023)
Journal Article
Ravindhran, B., Lim, A. J., Kurian, T., Walshaw, J., Hitchman, L. H., Lathan, R., Smith, G. E., Carradice, D., Chetter, I. C., & Pymer, S. (in press). Supervised Exercise Therapy for Intermittent Claudication: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis of Retrospective Data on Long Term Cardiovascular Outcomes. European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2023.11.040

Objective: This study aimed to explore the long term outcomes of patients with intermittent claudication (IC) who completed supervised exercise therapy (SET) vs. those who declined or prematurely discontinued SET, focusing on the incidence of chronic... Read More about Supervised Exercise Therapy for Intermittent Claudication: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis of Retrospective Data on Long Term Cardiovascular Outcomes.

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy compared with standard care for diabetic foot ulcer healing: An updated systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Hitchman, L., Totty, J., Smith, G. E., Carradice, D., Twiddy, M., Iglesias, C., Russell, D., & Chetter, I. C. (2022). Extracorporeal shockwave therapy compared with standard care for diabetic foot ulcer healing: An updated systematic review. International wound journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14035

Emerging evidence suggests that extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) may improve time to DFU healing. The aim of this review was to appraise the evidence on role of ESWT in DFU healing and impact of different ESWT doses. Databases were searched fo... Read More about Extracorporeal shockwave therapy compared with standard care for diabetic foot ulcer healing: An updated systematic review.

Provision of NICE-recommended varicose vein treatment in the NHS (2022)
Journal Article
Hitchman, L., Mohamed, A., Smith, G. E., Pymer, S., Chetter, I. C., Forsyth, J., & Carradice, D. (2023). Provision of NICE-recommended varicose vein treatment in the NHS. British journal of surgery, 110(2), 225-232. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac392

BACKGROUND: Standardization of access to treatment and compliance with clinical guidelines are important to ensure the delivery of high-quality care to people with varicose veins. In the National Health Service (NHS) in England, commissioning of care... Read More about Provision of NICE-recommended varicose vein treatment in the NHS.