Vascular surgery is the field of medicine that deals with blood vessels other than the heart and brain. In the past two decades endovascular treatment has emerged as a less invasive alternative to many problems, and both open and catheter-based procedures are used to treat vascular problems.

Vascular surgeons treat many problems:

• Thoracic and abdominal aneurysms
• Carotid artery blockage and aneurysms
• Lower extremity blockage
• Leg pain and foot wounds
• Varicose veins and blood clots
• Leg swelling
• Arteriovenous access for hemodialysis
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Vascular trauma
• Entrapment syndromes
  
  
  
  

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