Vascular surgery may be recommended for a wide range of conditions that affect the vascular system. Foe example, its used to treat peripheral vascular diseases, such as acute or chronic limb ischaemia (lack of blood supply to the limb) in diabetics.
Vascular surgery may also be needed to repair aortic aneurysm, which is a bulge in the wall of the artery.This bulge may rupture and lead to bleeding and severe complications.
If you have renal failure, you can undergo vascular surgery for vascular access creation (whereby a small tube is inserted in the arm or leg for easy access to the bloodstream) and maintenance. In addition, vascular surgery can also be used to treat venous diseases, such as arterio-venous malformations (abnormal connection between arteries and veins), varicose veins (enlarged and twisted veins), deep vein thrombosis (formation of blood clots in deep veins) and venous leg ulcers.
The surgery aims to treat vein or artery problems through the multidisciplinary participation of endocrinologists, wound care nurses and vascular fellows, as well as education and rehabilitation physicians.