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9695428

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-9-1
pubmed:abstractText
Varicose veins are a major and increasing burden on the health service with waiting lists growing in the majority of units. Most successive Governments have funded waiting list initiatives to deal with this problem. We report the results of a one year varicose vein waiting list initiative which dealt with a total of 1104 patients. A standard triage regime was established. Two hundred and eighty five patients were removed from the waiting list due to failure to attend, surgery performed elsewhere, medically unfit or no longer wishing to have surgery. There were 63 late cancellations and 23 operations were cancelled following admission due to unrelated medical complications. Planned operating lists worked well and complications were uncommon. Several important lessons were learnt during this initiative and recommendations are made with regard to the optimal method of dealing with the problem of varicose veins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0332-3102
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
91
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
90-1
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Results and lessons to be learned from a waiting list initiative.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Vascular Surgery, St James's Hospital, Dublin.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article