Conditions and Surgical Treatments
Our vascular surgeons offer the full spectrum of traditional open and minimally invasive surgical treatments of conditions that affect the vascular system (veins and arteries outside of the brain and heart). This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Endovascular procedure for repair of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms – minimally invasive stent-graft placement to help prevent rupture of the affected area.
- Endovascular procedure for carotid artery disease – minimally invasive balloon angioplasty or carotid artery stenting to increase blood flow in areas blocked by plaque.
- Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) – removal of plaque that causes narrowing in the carotid arteries.
- Open and endovascular aortic, renal and visceral reconstructions – bypass, grafting, and other techniques to repair damaged blood vessels.
- Lower-extremity arterial reconstructions – bypass, angioplasty, or other procedures to restore blood flow in the legs and feet.
- Endovascular procedures to repair blocked or narrow arteries and veins – minimally invasive options for restoring blood flow.
- Peripheral arteriography for the diagnosis and assessment of peripheral vascular disease (PVD and PAD) – X-ray imaging that uses contrast dye to find narrow or blocked arteries that supply blood to the legs, feet, arms and hands.
- Use of catheter-directed therapy to treat deep vein thrombosis (DVT) – non-surgical treatment to dissolve blood clots in the legs or pelvis.
- Surgical repair and endovascular procedure for varicose and spider veins – inpatient and outpatient vein removal options when self-care or compression stockings don’t work.
- Revascularization procedures for peripheral vascular disease – catheter-based balloon angioplasty, grafting, or bypass surgery to improve blood flow.
- Robotic median arcuate ligament release – minimally invasive surgery to decompress ligament tissue in the chest area that sometimes presses on the celiac artery, which supplies blood to the upper abdomen.
- Placement of inferior vena caval filters to prevent pulmonary embolism – a small device placed inside a vein that carries blood to the heart to prevent clots from moving to the lungs.