Vascular surgery is a surgical subspecialty in which diseases of the vascular system, or arteries, veins and lymphatic circulation, are managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures and surgical reconstruction.
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The specialty evolved from general and cardiac Vascular surgery and includes treatment of the body's other major and essential veins and arteries.
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Edwin Wylie of San Francisco was one of the early American pioneers who developed and fostered advanced training in vascular surgery and pushed for its recognition as a specialty in the United States in the 1970s.
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Vascular surgery was first to perform cardiopulmonary bypass to repair the ascending aorta, using antegrade perfusion of the brachiocephalic artery.
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Development of endovascular surgery has been accompanied by a gradual separation of vascular surgery from its origin in general surgery.
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Vascular surgery'storically performed by interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons have become increasingly proficient with endovascular methods.
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Vascular surgery encompasses surgery of the aorta, carotid arteries, and lower extremities, including the iliac, femoral, vascular trauma and tibial arteries.
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Vascular surgery surgeons are responsible for treating extracranial cerebrovascular disease as well as the interpretation of non-invasive vascular imaging relating to extracranial and intracranial circulation such as carotid ultrasonography and transcranial doppler.
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Vascular surgery surgeons are experts in the diagnosis, medical management, endovascular and open surgical treatment of PAD.
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Vascular surgery surgeon has several modalities to treat lower extremity venous disease which including medical, interventional and surgical procedures.
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