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)