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Vascular surgery is a speciality in which diseases of the arteries, veins and lymphatic system are diagnosed and managed. It emerged from general surgery and has been considered a separate surgical speciality in the UK since 2013. Minimally invasive surgery now forms a large part of a vascular surgeon’s workload and endovascular approaches are often used during procedures.
This chapter outlines the core concepts of vascular surgery including: core clinical anatomy, commonly treated conditions and descriptions of five commonly performed procedures.
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Ahmad, A.N., Bell, R. (2017). Vascular Surgery. In: Fisher, R., Ahmed, K., Dasgupta, P. (eds) Introduction to Surgery for Students. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43210-6_18
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