Vascular Surgery…

...is the specialty that deals with blocked, bleeding or generally buggered arteries and veins. Vascular Surgeons deal with such arterial and venous “vessels” all over the body, except for the ones in the heart - Cardiothoracic surgeons love these - and the brain - Neurosurgeons cogitate upon those. 

This section offers information about common vascular conditions in non-technical terms. It is provided as a public service towards improving individuals’ understanding of, engagement in and happiness with their health.

Varicose Veins

Information in simple English about Varicose Veins, the very familiar snake-like bulges across your thighs and legs that elevate them unbidden into the realms of life art.

Claudication

Pain that occurs in the leg and the calf while walking is typically gains the label of '“claudication”. It is a relatively common vascular surgery diagnosis. It is not life-threatening, and seldom imminently limb-threatening.

Gangrene, ulcers, amputations…

…the business end of lower limb vascular surgery, as it were. Problems of this sort crop up when arterial blood flow is severely compromised.

Remedying such “critical ischaemia” by improving circulation forms the mainstay of vascular surgery workload in most parts of the world.

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