Vascular Disease Treatment

These procedures are the most common treatment for peripheral arterial disease. During an angioplasty, your surgeon threads a long flexible tube (a catheter) carrying a small balloon through a small cut (incision) to the problem site. After blowing up the balloon to widen the blood vessel, they deflate and remove it. At the same time, your surgeon may implant a hollow, mesh tube (a stent) in your blood vessel to keep it open permanently.

During this procedure, your surgeon uses a catheter and a laser, sharp blade or rotating device to scrape, break up or dissolve the plaque from your artery walls.

We can repair your abdominal aortic aneurysm in two ways.

Open repair Through a large incision in your belly, your surgeon sews a stent or graft to your aorta. This tube connects one end of your aorta at the aneurysm site to the other end.

Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) Through small cuts in your groin, your surgeon uses X-ray guidance and specially designed tools to insert a stent or graft into your aorta. The graft material may cover the stent, and the stent helps keep the graft open and in place.

In this traditional procedure, your surgeon opens your arteries and cleans out the plaque to reduce your stroke risk.

This type of access for dialysis is best for patients who cannot have a surgically implanted shunt (hollow tube) that is directly attached to their vein. During this procedure, your surgeon uses a graft (made from synthetic fabric and woven into a watertight tube) to connect an artery and a large vein in either your elbow or armpit.

Your surgeon will suggest these therapies if you have significant blockages in your legs from critical limb ischemia, a severe form of peripheral artery disease. To help you avoid amputation, they may offer angioplasty and stenting, plaque removal from your arteries or surgical bypass to create a new path for blood flow.

If you aren’t a good candidate for angioplasty and stenting — or if it hasn’t worked — your surgeon will create a new path for your blood to get around your blockage to your lower leg or foot.

Your surgeon performs this angioplasty and stenting procedure specifically on your renal artery, the main blood vessel that supplies blood to your kidneys.

In this minimally invasive procedure, your surgeon makes a small incision into your carotid artery and inserts a tube connected to a system that temporarily reverses blood flow away from your brain. They implant a stent and then, the system returns your blood flow back toward your brain.

Therapy for your varicose veins depends on how severe your condition is. Your specialist may recommend a variety of treatments, including compression therapy, vein removal, laser therapy, electric therapy and saline injections.