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Professor Ian Chetter's Outputs (244)

Individual-patient meta-analysis of three randomized trials comparing endovascular versus open repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (2015)
Journal Article
Chetter, I., Sweeting, M., Balm, R., Desgranges, P., Ulug, P., Powell, J., & Ruptured Aneurysm Trialists. (2015). Individual-patient meta-analysis of three randomized trials comparing endovascular versus open repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. British journal of surgery, 102(10), 1229-1239. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9852

BackgroundThe benefits of endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm remain controversial, without any strong evidence about advantages in specific subgroups.MethodsAn individual-patient data meta-analysis of three recent randomized tr... Read More about Individual-patient meta-analysis of three randomized trials comparing endovascular versus open repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.

The ETTAA study protocol: A UK-wide observational study of 'Effective treatments for thoracic aortic aneurysm' (2015)
Journal Article
Sastry, P., Hughes, V., Hayes, P., Vallabhaneni, S. R., Sharples, L., Thompson, M., Catarino, P., Moorjani, N., Vale, L., Gray, J., Cook, A., Elefteriades, J., Large, S. R., & on behalf of the ETTAA collaborators. (2015). The ETTAA study protocol: A UK-wide observational study of 'Effective treatments for thoracic aortic aneurysm'. BMJ open, 5(6), e008147-e008147. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008147

© 2015 BMJ Open. Introduction: Chronic thoracic aortic aneurysm (CTAA) affecting the arch or descending aorta is an indolent but life-threatening condition with a rising prevalence as the UK population ages. Treatment may be in the form of open surgi... Read More about The ETTAA study protocol: A UK-wide observational study of 'Effective treatments for thoracic aortic aneurysm'.

Endovascular strategy or open repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: One-year outcomes from the IMPROVE randomized trial (2015)
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Braithwaite, B., Greenhalgh, R. M., Grieve, R., Hassan, T. B., Moore, F., Nicholson, A. A., Soong, C. V., Heatley, F., Anjum, A., Kalinowska, G., Gomes, M., Powell, J. T., Hinchliffe, R., Sweeting, M., Thompson, M. M., Thompson, S. G., Ulug, P., Roberts, I., Bell, P. R., Cheetham, A., …Wilson, L. (2015). Endovascular strategy or open repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: One-year outcomes from the IMPROVE randomized trial. European Heart Journal, 36(31), 2061-2069. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehv125

© 2015 The Author. Aims To report the longer term outcomes following either a strategy of endovascular repair first or open repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, which are necessary for both patient and clinical decision-making. Methods and r... Read More about Endovascular strategy or open repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: One-year outcomes from the IMPROVE randomized trial.

Systematic review of compression following treatment for varicose veins (2015)
Journal Article
El-Sheikha, J., Carradice, D., Nandhra, S., Leung, C., Smith, G., Campbell, B., & Chetter, I. (2015). Systematic review of compression following treatment for varicose veins. British journal of surgery, 102(7), 719-725. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9788

Background Consensus regarding compression following treatment of varicose veins has yet to be reached. This systematic review aims to establish the optimal compression regimen after venous treatment. Methods A systematic review of MEDLINE, Embase an... Read More about Systematic review of compression following treatment for varicose veins.

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation and surgery for varicose veins: results from the CLASS trial (2015)
Journal Article
Brittenden, J., Cotton, S. C., Elders, A., Tassie, E., Scotland, G., Ramsay, C. R., Norrie, J., Burr, J., Francis, J., Wileman, S., Campbell, B., Bachoo, P., Chetter, I., Gough, M., Earnshaw, J., Lees, T., Scott, J., Baker, S. A., MacLennan, G., Prior, M., …Campbell, M. K. (2015). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation and surgery for varicose veins: results from the CLASS trial. Health Technology Assessment, 19(27), 1-342. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19270

Background
Foam sclerotherapy (foam) and endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) have emerged as alternative treatments to surgery for patients with varicose veins, but uncertainty exists regarding their effectiveness in the medium to longer term.

Objec... Read More about Clinical and cost-effectiveness of foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation and surgery for varicose veins: results from the CLASS trial.

A randomized clinical trial of endovenous laser ablation versus conventional surgery for small saphenous varicose veins (2015)
Journal Article
Nandhra, S., El-sheikha, J., Carradice, D., Wallace, T., Souroullas, P., Samuel, N., Smith, G., & Chetter, I. C. (2015). A randomized clinical trial of endovenous laser ablation versus conventional surgery for small saphenous varicose veins. Journal of vascular surgery, 61(3), 741-746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2014.09.037

Background: This randomized clinical trial compared endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) and surgical ligation with attempted stripping in the treatment of small saphenous vein (SSV) insufficiency. The early results demonstrated that EVLA was more likely... Read More about A randomized clinical trial of endovenous laser ablation versus conventional surgery for small saphenous varicose veins.

The effect of aortic morphology on peri-operative mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (2015)
Journal Article
IMPROVE Trial Investigators. (2015). The effect of aortic morphology on peri-operative mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. European Heart Journal, 36(21), 1328-1334. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehu521

Aims To investigate whether aneurysm shape and extent, which indicate whether a patient with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) is eligible for endovascular repair (EVAR), influence the outcome of both EVAR and open surgical repair. Methods an... Read More about The effect of aortic morphology on peri-operative mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Compression regimes after endovenous ablation for superficial venous insufficiency – A survey of members of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland (2015)
Journal Article
El-Sheikha, J., Nandhra, S., Carradice, D., Acey, C., Smith, G., Campbell, B., & Chetter, I. (2016). Compression regimes after endovenous ablation for superficial venous insufficiency – A survey of members of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Phlebology, 31(1), 16-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/0268355514567732

Introduction: The optimal compression regime following ultrasound guided foam sclerotherapy (UGFS), radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) for varicose veins is not known. The aim of this study was to document current prac... Read More about Compression regimes after endovenous ablation for superficial venous insufficiency – A survey of members of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Preoperative supervised exercise and outcomes following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (2014)
Thesis
Barakat, H. M. Preoperative supervised exercise and outcomes following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216676

Objective
The aim of this research was to evaluate the role of preoperative supervised exercise training on perioperative outcomes and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters in patients undergoing elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)... Read More about Preoperative supervised exercise and outcomes following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

The FINISH-3 trial: A phase 3, international, randomized, single-blind, controlled trial of topical fibrocaps in intraoperative surgical hemostasis (2014)
Journal Article
Bochicchio, G. V., Gupta, N., Porte, R. J., Renkens, K. L., Pattyn, P., Topal, B., Troisi, R. I., Muir, W., Chetter, I., Gillen, D. L., Zuckerman, L. A., & Frohna, P. A. (2015). The FINISH-3 trial: A phase 3, international, randomized, single-blind, controlled trial of topical fibrocaps in intraoperative surgical hemostasis. Journal of The American College of Surgeons, 220(1), 70-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.09.019

Background This Phase 3, international, randomized, single-blind, controlled trial (FINISH-3) compared the efficacy and safety of Fibrocaps, a ready-to-use, dry-powder fibrin sealant containing human plasma-derived thrombin and fibrinogen, vs gelatin... Read More about The FINISH-3 trial: A phase 3, international, randomized, single-blind, controlled trial of topical fibrocaps in intraoperative surgical hemostasis.

Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation or surgery as treatment for primary varicose veins from the randomized CLASS trial: Cost-effectiveness of primary varicose vein treatments (2014)
Journal Article
Tassie, E., Scotland, G., Brittenden, J., Cotton, S. C., Elders, A., Campbell, M. K., Campbell, B., Gough, M., Burr, J. M., Ramsay, C. R., & on behalf of the CLASS study team. (2014). Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation or surgery as treatment for primary varicose veins from the randomized CLASS trial: Cost-effectiveness of primary varicose vein treatments. British journal of surgery, 101(12), 1532-1540. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9595

© 2014 Crown copyright. Background: The treatment of patients with varicose veins constitutes a considerable workload and financial burden to the National Health Service. This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided foam scl... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation or surgery as treatment for primary varicose veins from the randomized CLASS trial: Cost-effectiveness of primary varicose vein treatments.

A randomized trial comparing treatments for varicose veins. (2014)
Journal Article
Brittenden, J., Cotton, S. C., Elders, A., Ramsay, C. R., Norrie, J., Burr, J., Campbell, B., Bachoo, P., Chetter, I., Gough, M., Earnshaw, J., Lees, T., Scott, J., Baker, S. A., Francis, J., Tassie, E., Scotland, G., Wileman, S., & Campbell, M. K. (2014). A randomized trial comparing treatments for varicose veins. New England Journal of Medicine, 371, 1218-1227. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1400781

BACKGROUND
Ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy and endovenous laser ablation are widely used alternatives to surgery for the treatment of varicose veins, but their comparative effectiveness and safety remain uncertain.

METHODS
In a randomized t... Read More about A randomized trial comparing treatments for varicose veins..

The validity, reliability and responsiveness of procedure based assessment in simulated vascular procedures (2014)
Thesis
Green, L. A. The validity, reliability and responsiveness of procedure based assessment in simulated vascular procedures. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216921

Introduction

Procedure based assessment (PBA) has been shown to be valid and reliable in the workplace however whether this translates to the simulation setting has not yet been demonstrated. Therefore the aim of this thesis is to demonstrate that... Read More about The validity, reliability and responsiveness of procedure based assessment in simulated vascular procedures.

A comparison of the effectiveness of treating those with and without the complications of superficial venous insufficiency (2014)
Journal Article
Carradice, D., Wallace, T., Gohil, R., & Chetter, I. (2014). A comparison of the effectiveness of treating those with and without the complications of superficial venous insufficiency. Annals of Surgery, 260(2), 396-401. https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000000541

Objective: To test the hypothesis that patients with soft tissue changes related to superficial venous insufficiency (SVI) have greater benefits from treatment than those with only symptomatic varicose veins.
Background: A commonly held view is that... Read More about A comparison of the effectiveness of treating those with and without the complications of superficial venous insufficiency.

Clinical outcomes and quality of life 5 years after a randomized trial of concomitant or sequential phlebectomy following endovenous laser ablation for varicose veins (2014)
Journal Article
El-Sheikha, J., Nandhra, S., Carradice, D., Wallace, T., Samuel, N., Smith, G., & Chetter, I. C. (2014). Clinical outcomes and quality of life 5 years after a randomized trial of concomitant or sequential phlebectomy following endovenous laser ablation for varicose veins. British journal of surgery, 101(9), 1093-1097. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9565

BackgroundEndovenous laser ablation (EVLA) is a popular treatment for superficial venous insufficiency. Debate continues regarding the optimal management of symptomatic varicose tributaries following ablation of the main saphenous trunk. This randomi... Read More about Clinical outcomes and quality of life 5 years after a randomized trial of concomitant or sequential phlebectomy following endovenous laser ablation for varicose veins.

Optimising outcomes in the treatment of superficial venous insufficiency (2014)
Thesis
Wallace, T. M. Optimising outcomes in the treatment of superficial venous insufficiency. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216422

The traditional “gold-standard” treatment for symptomatic SVI affecting the GSV is conventional open surgery and stripping under general anaesthesia. Despite improved QoL and cost-effectiveness when compared to conservative management, conventional s... Read More about Optimising outcomes in the treatment of superficial venous insufficiency.