what is vascular surgery?

Question

can someone define what vascular surgery or give me some example to what it entails as ive just had a letter from the hospital to see a consultant who deals with this department

Answer 1

it's surgery on your veins like varicose veins.

Answer 2

Vascular surgery can be a wide topic according to the condition being treated.

It could be the sleiving of an aneurysm, a removal of a section of the vesicle that is diseased, It also could be a plasty, the ballooning of an area of a vesicle, the bypass of a section, etc.

Unless the referral gives more information as to the specific condition there is no way to pin point the type of concern you are dealing with before getting a Drs. diagnosis.

Answer 3

this is an operation on any of the bodies venous system.
you must have been referred to the surgeon by your doctor.
what did you go to see him about? as this is what the surgeon will be looking at.
Some of the operations they do are things like the treatment of varicose veins, embolectomies (clear a blockage from a vein),by pass veins if needed, put stents into veins.
some vascular surgeons also look after some patient who are classed as general surgery. the main thing is do not worry ask you practise nurse for advice. when you first see the doctor he will request some investigation to be done and explain to you what his finding are. best of luck

Answer 4

Vascular surgery is the branch of surgery that occupies itself with surgical interventions of arteries and veins, as well as conservative therapies for disease of the peripheral vascular system. Surgery of the heart, and its vessels is the specialty of the cardiothoracic surgeon. Whilst surgery involving vessels in the brain (eg intracranial aneurysms) is the specialty of the neurosurgeon.

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Answer 5

Vascular surgery is a type of operation done on blood vessels which can be a vein or artery example is a vericose vein, due to blockage or obstruction by fats or other compounds

Answer 6

Vascular surgery is the branch of surgery that occupies itself with surgical interventions of arteries and veins, as well as conservative therapies for disease of the peripheral vascular system. Surgery of the heart, and its vessels is the specialty of the cardiothoracic surgeon. Whilst surgery involving vessels in the brain (eg intracranial aneurysms) is the specialty of the neurosurgeon.

Previously considered a field within general surgery, it is now considered a specialty in its own right. As a result, training has been, or is being re-structured from previously having to complete full general surgery training followed by a period of further vascular surgery training, to being trained in vascular surgery alone from start to finish.

Programs of training are slightly different depending on the region of the world one is in.

Country Standards body Professional representation Minimum Length of training (post intern)
Australia and New Zealand Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Australian & New Zealand Society of Vascular Surgery (ANZSVS) 6 years
United Kingdom Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland 8 years
USA Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) American College of Surgeons
Multiple vascular societies
8 years




By no means exhaustive, but below are a number of common procedures and indications for vascular surgeons.

Indication/disease Procedure External link
Abdominal aortic aneurysm Open AAA repair
Endoluminal AAA repair (EVAR)

Carotid stenosis Carotid endarterectomy
Carotid stenting

Varicose veins Vein stripping
Sclerotherapy and Foam sclerotherapy

Laser ablation

Ambulatory phlebectomy

Peripheral arterial occlusive disease Angioplasty with/out Stenting
Bypass surgery

Acute limb ischaemia Balloon embolectomy
Thrombectomy

Bypass surgery

Aortic dissection Open repair
Thoracic stent graft

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Answer 7

Your Cardio-Vascular system is the entire network of veins & arteries, as well as your heart in your body.

Vascular surgery is surgery involving the veins or arteries.

Answer 8

Surgery on the veins and arterial system somewhere in your body..........as in cardio [heart] vascular surgery for example.
Do you have this, or maybe something like varicose veins?
Either way....best wishes and don't worry.

Answer 9

It's for arteries and veins. Best to talk to your consultant about the details though. Good luck.

Answer 10

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