Vascular surgeons help patients with a wide variety of diseases affecting the arteries and veins.
Vascular Surgeons treat complications from:
- diabetes,
- blockages in the arteries or veins,
- blood clots,
- aneurysms,
- varicose veins
- and many other vascular diseases.
The vascular surgeon is trained in the diagnosis and management of diseases affecting all parts of the vascular system, excluding conditions that affect the vessels within the heart and brain. They have completed an intense training in General and Vascular Surgery which allows them to manage these diseases with treatment alternative ranging from medical management to operative intervention. They can perform this operative intervention both by minimally invasive (endovascular) and / or open operative procedures.
Vascular Surgeons are the only specialists recognized by medical boards, hospitals credentialing and the conventional medical community for the treatment of all aspects of vascular disease. However, patients may be treated for vascular disease, such as varicose veins or peripheral arterial disease, by physicians in other specialties, who are not residency trained vascular specialists.
Often driven by economic consideration, this results in patients being incompletely treated, contributes to duplication of service, and results in increased health costs. Our goal as specialty trained vascular physicians is to offer patients all treatment options to effectively treat their disease, reduce health care costs, and provide better patient outcomes and satisfaction.
Indication / Disease |
Procedure |
| Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm | Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR)EVAAR Via Percutaneous Access Open AAA repair with tube graft Open AAA repair with aortobiiliac graft Open AAA repair with aortofemoral graft |
| Carotid Stenosis & Stroke | Carotid Endarterectomy Carotid Aorta Stenting Carotid bypass Hybrid – Carotid endarterectomy and stenting |
| Chronic Venous Insufficiency / Varicose Veins | Endovenous ablation (VNUS/Laser)Phlebectomy Perforation Vein Ligation Perforation Vein Sclerotherapy Spider Vein injection sclerotherapy Multilayered compression wrap therapy Split thickness graft |
| Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease | Angioplasty with / out Stenting Atherectomy Bypass Surgery Endarterectomy Sympathectomy Carotid Subclavian Bypass Axillofemoral-Femoral bypass Aorto Femoral Bypass Femoral Popliteal Bypass Femoral Distal Bypass |
| Acute Limb Ischemia | Bypass surgery Open Thrombo-Endartectomy Endovascular Thrombolysis Endovascular Thrombectomy |
| Aortic Dissection / Thoracic Aortic Dissection / Thoracic Aortic aneurysm | Open Repair Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (TEVAR) Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Thoracic Aortic Fenestration Visceral Bypass Surgery |