Overview of services offered in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Phlebology

Diagnostic procedures

  • CW Doppler and color Doppler sonography (ultrasound) as imaging techniques to detect arterial and venous diseases, circulatory disorders and embolism
  • Venous occlusion plethysmography and light reflection rheography as non-invasive techniques to thoroughly investigate the functions of veins
  • Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (in cooperation with the Radiology Department) to investigate specific angiological conditions
  • Non-invasive MR angiography and invasive digital subtraction angiography (in cooperation with the Radiology Department) to diagnose arterial circulatory disorders
  • Phlebography (X-ray imaging of veins, in cooperation with the Radiology Department) to diagnose venous diseases using invasive examination techniques

Therapeutic procedures

Surgical treatment methods

  • Circulatory disorders of thearms and legs
  • Cerebral circulatory disorders (= circulatory disorders of blood vessels in the cervical and thoracic regions supplying the brain)
  • Arterial aneurysms (vasodilation) of the aorta as well as arm, pelvic and leg arteries
  • Diabetic foot syndrome
  • Varicosis (varicose veins)
  • Renal insufficiency (hemodialysis shunt)
  • Varicose ulcers (ulcers on legs)
  • Hyperhidrosis (pathological excessive sweating of the hands)

Interventional treatment methods in cooperation with the Radiology Department

  • Balloon catheter dilatation (dilatation of vasoconstrictions)
  • Stent implantation (stent=metal mesh protecting the vessel wall) to treat stenoses (vasoconstrictions)
  • Thrombolysis (breakdown of blood clots in blood vessels using medication)
  • CT-guided sympathicolysis

Endovascular treatment methods in cooperation with the Radiology Department

  • Stent grafts to treat arterial aneurysms of the aorta and the pelvic arteries (endovascular aneurysm repair, EVAR)
  • Stent implantation to treat circulatory disorders of blood vessels supplying the brain (carotid arteries)