Vascular Surgical Procedures
Mercy’s expanded vascular services include a highly specialized medical team whose focus is the management of vascular (blood vessel) disease. The team’s goal is to consistently provide patients with the very highest quality of vascular care and services using state-of-the-art technology. They are also committed to educating patients about their disease and to showing them how to implement lifestyle changes that will enhance overall health.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair is a procedure used to treat an aneurysm (abnormal enlargement) of the abdominal aorta. Repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm may be performed surgically through an open incision or in a minimally invasive procedure called endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).
Endarterectomies
Endarterectomy is an operation to remove or bypass the fatty deposits, or blockage, in an artery narrowed by the buildup of fatty tissue. By removing the fatty deposits in the arteries, normal blood flow is restored to the part of the body supplied by the artery.
Vascular Surgery
Mercy’s vascular surgical staff performs the entire range of reconstructive vascular procedures to relieve the effects of blocked blood vessels. The vascular surgical staff also treats aneurysms of the aorta and other blood vessels, bypasses, endarterectomies and, vein stripping, and performs vascular access procedures for hemodialysis. Skin grafting and other wound care are also services provided by the vascular team.
Vein stripping
Vein stripping is a surgical removal used when a vein is diseased from ankle to groin. Elimination of a vein poses no long-term problem, since there are many others that can take over from those that are stripped. During the operation, the vascular surgeon makes small incisions in the upper thigh and the area over the varicose vein. An instrument called a stripper is inserted through the incision in the thigh and tunneled to the incision over the vein. The vein is then pulled out, and the incisions are closed with thread. |
