Vascular surgery is the branch of surgery that occupies itself with surgical interventions of arteries and veins, as well as conservative therapies for diseases of the peripheral vascular system.
Conditions
- Abdominal aneurysm
- Aortoiliac disease
- Arm artery disease
- Carotid artery disease, stroke, transient ischemic attacks
- Claudication
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- Diabetic ulcer
- Hyperlipidemia
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Lymphedema
- Mesenteric ischemia
- Peripheral aneurysms
- Pulmonary embolism
- Renovascular conditions
- Thoracic aneurysm
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Varicose veins
- Venous Insufficiency
- End stage renal disease
Treatments
- Aneurysm repair: abdominal and peripheral: open and endovascular
- Endovascular aneurysm repair (stent graft)
- Angioplasty, atherectomy, stenting of arteries
- Bypass grafts of lower extremity arteries for peripheral artery disease
- Carotid endarterectomy
- Creation or repair of dialysis grafts
- AV fistula creation for dialysis access
- Embolectomy
- Varicose vein treatment
- First rib resection