vascular surgery
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medical specialty, operative procedures for the treatment of vascular disorders
Key facts
- Icd 9 cm
- 38 - 39
- Mesh
- D014656
- Ops 301 code
- 5-38...5-39
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
587,753 papers- Vascular Surgery and Geriatric Patients.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2019
- Office-Based Vascular Surgery Procedures.The Surgical clinics of North America · 2025
- Vascular surgery's identity.Journal of vascular surgery · 2020
- Vascular surgery.Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 1999
- Robotic-Assisted Vascular Surgery: A Clinical Perspective.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2025
via PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
Vascular surgery is a surgical subspecialty in which vascular diseases involving the arteries, veins, or lymphatic vessels, are managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures and surgical reconstruction. The specialty evolved from general and cardiovascular surgery where it refined the management of just the vessels, no longer treating the heart or other organs. Modern vascular surgery includes open surgery techniques, endovascular (minimally invasive) techniques and medical management of vascular diseases – unlike the parent specialities. The vascular surgeon is trained in the diagnosis and management of diseases affecting all parts of the vascular system excluding the coronaries and intracranial vasculature. Vascular surgeons also are called to assist other physicians to carry out surgery near vessels, or to salvage vascular injuries that include hemorrhage control, dissection, occlusion or simply for safe exposure of vascular structures.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “vascular surgery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.