Vascular Surgery

Department of Vascular Surgery

Department of Vascular Surgery offers comprehensive consultation and care for people with complex and serious conditions of the blood vessels ie arteries & veins and lymph system termed as – vascular diseases. The department undertakes extensive diagnosis, deliver expert care, and provide specialist consultation for all vascular diseases and related disorders. The conditions treated include arterial diseases such as those of involving peripheral arterial disease, aneurysms, mesenteric ischemia, carotid artery disease; Venous Diseases such as Varicose veins, Deep vein thrombosis. Patients with vascular disorders can exhibit a wide range of symptoms. Some of the common ones include – pain in legs on walking, non-healing wounds, gangrene, patients with stroke, leg swelling, leg pigmentation, etc

Why choose us for blood vessels related conditions?

The Department of Vascular Surgery at Global Hospital, Mumbai provides comprehensive consultation and expert surgical care for all types of vascular diseases. The team of experienced vascular surgeons employ advanced diagnostic techniques and surgical procedures to deliver excellent patient outcomes. These include equipment to measure and quantify blood flow in limbs as well as effectiveness of venous drainage, special pumps to reduce leg swelling, laser and radiofrequency equipment for treating varicose veins. It is also the only hospital to provide vascular surgeons with Ultrasound in the OPD setting to enable speedy diagnosis and verification of reports helping provide accurate treatment and avoid unnecessary surgery.

Diagnosis of vascular diseases

Diagnosing vascular diseases and treatment is not very difficult in expert hands but is often missed or ignored since the symptoms are usually present with those of other diseases that require more immediate treatment as vascular diseases tend to coexist with cardiac disease, renal impairment, diabetes, infection. This results in delayed diagnosis and treatment leading to disastrous outcome in the form of high morbidity, limb loss and even death.

Treatments of vascular diseases

The Department of Vascular Surgery at Global Hospitals Mumbai caters to a wide array of vascular ailments such as:

• Arterio-venous malformation
• Aortic aneurysm and dissection
• Blood clots in arteries and veins causing acute limb ischemia
• Critical limb ischemia with rest pain, gangrene and non-healing wounds
• Deep vein thrombosis with or without pulmonary embolism
• Varicose veins with leg pain, swelling, pigmentation, eczema and ulceration
• Prevention of recurrent strokes due to carotid disease
• Venous Access for dialysis

Our Doctors – Vascular Surgeons/Specialists

The panel of expert surgeons at the Department of Vascular Surgery has extensive experience in dealing with complex vascular diseases. Driven by clinical excellence and a commitment to deliver excellent patient outcomes. They are some of the finest practitioners of vascular surgery.