Procedures
Investigations
- Intravascular ultrasound
- Carotid ultrasonography
- Digital subtraction angiography
- Venography
- Impedance phlebography
Removal of foreign bodies
Aneurysm repair
- Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR)
- Open surgery
Revascularisation
- Thrombectomy
- Angioplasty
- Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA)
- Stenting
- Endarterectomy
- Carotid artery
- Femoral artery
- Laser endarterectomy
- Atherectomy
- Vascular bypass
- Femoral popliteral bypass surgery
Chronic venous disease
- Vein stripping
- Ambulatory phlebectomy
- Sclerotherapy
- Laser ablation
Endovascular surgery vs open surgery
Endovascular procedures are superior to open surgical procedures in
several ways: the risk of infection is lower, the trauma inflicted to
the overlying tissues is minimal. Studies have shown that in the
short-term, endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm confers
signficantly better patient mortality than open surgical repair.
However, endovascular surgery is a younger field than open surgery, and
there are several trade-offs, including reduced visibility. Long-term
patient mortality is significantly better in patients treated with open
surgical repair, than in patients treated with endovascular repair. The
increased mortality associated with endovascular repair is largely
attributable to secondary aneurysm sac rupture.
