Vascular Surgery

Vascular disease effects the body's circulation--the arteries and veins.  Arteries are the vessels that deliver blood to your body.  Veins are the vessels tha return blood to the heart.  Imagine operating within a blood vessel.  Thanks to several recent technological advances, vascular surgeons are performing this exacting work with greater confidence and precision.

At Holy Family Hospital, our vascular surgeons are highly trained specialists who offer a comprehensive approach to vascular disease through preventitive services, diagnostic expertise and the latest in minimally invasive surgical techniques.

Today, new graft materials, balloons and stents are being used to treat a range of conditions, from leg pain to life-threatening aneurysms.  More and more patients who were traditionally treated by open surgical procedures are benefiting from minimally invasive, endovascular approaches.  Endovascular procedures are performed through a small puncture wound or incision, as opposed to traditional open procedures, which require a larger incision and a longer recuperation time.  These new techniques have revolutionized the field and provide patients with new, potentially less invasive treatement options