EDITOR'S FOREWORD

Welcome to May 2025 edition of the JVSGBI. This issue contains 3 articles addressing the important issue of the well being of early year vascular consultants. This time in young surgeons careers is well recognised as being challenging and stressful, leading not infrequently to adverse outcomes. A survey by Sritharan et al, identifies common contributing factors and two editorials outline potential ways to address these factors and provide support. Other original articles in this edition include an assessment of the quality of guidelines for thromboprophylaxis following endovenous intervention for superficial venous incompetence and a survey of the management of acute limb ischaemia highlighting substantial variation. Also in this edition is a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of antimicrobial dressings to prevent surgical site infection in open surgical wounds. An interesting case report of a post traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the superficial temporal artery, a letter to the editor highlighting the important topic of psychological well being of patients undergoing major lower limb amputation, and the Rouleaux Club Winning essays from 2024 are also presented Finally there are updates from several vascular societies. I would like to take this opportunity to encourage authors to continue to submit high quality research papers and to thank reviewers, administration & editorial staff for their ongoing hard work.