Arvind Kohli
Today is 6th August and it’s Vascular Diseases Awareness Day and it is important to stress the need for the rise of Vascular Surgery as Independent Specialty in India
Vascular surgery has come of age in India over the past decades. The specialty has increasingly separated from Cardiothoracic surgery as evidence accrues that outcomes for patients are better when arterial or venous operations are done by a vascular specialist. Recognition of the multisystem nature of vascular disease has increased integration of vascular surgery into multidisciplinary teams of allied specialties
Role of a Vascular surgeon
Vascular surgeons specialise in the management of diseases of the arterial, venous, and lymphatic systems. A defining feature of the specialty is the diversity it offers: vascular surgeons treat a wide range of disease complexes, manage a variety of patients ., and have a relative balance of elective and emergency work.
Interventions in vascular surgery focus on improving quality of life. Key arterial procedures include carotid endarterectomy, abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, and lower limb arterial bypass. These procedures are performed for the management of cerebrovascular disease (reducing the risk of stroke), aneurysmal aortic disease (eliminating the risk of rupture and associated mortality), and critical limb ischaemia (eliminating or delaying the need for amputation), respectively.
A range of venous interventions directed at the treatment of varicose veins, complex deep vein thrombosis, and venous malformations also form part of the workload of the specialist. Vascular surgeons are part of the team managing vascular injury and are often called on by other specialties in complex procedures involving considerable risk of haemorrhage.
The Vascular .specialist forms part of a team including anesthetists, interventional radiologists, rehabilitation medicine specialists, vascular nurse specialists, podiatrists, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists. Advances in diagnostic and interventional radiology have given rise to the field of endovascular surgery. An increasing number of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for the management of aneurysmal and arterial occlusive disease are performed by image guided minimally invasive methods, which can potentially reduce cost, morbidity, and mortality. Training in endovascular surgery has therefore become an important part of the vascular surgery curriculum.
Importance of This Day
Spread awareness on Vascular Diseases: One of the Major challenge ahead is to develop awareness among healthcare providers about Vascular ailments.The awareness programs aims out to vascular surgeons across the country, advising them on a range of topics related to vascular disease and its incidence, screening and treatment and provide them with videos, articles,research guides etc and owing to these the over all awareness about Vascular disease and Vascular Surgery amongst the Public is increasing rapidly,
Prevention is better than Cure Public awareness regarding prevention of vascular disease is important It includes staying away from smoking and limiting intake of atherogenic foods, and encouraging walking and physical activity and control of hypertension and diabetes
Importance of Vascular Speciality
“There is no medical counterpart to vascular surgeons. “Words of a vascular specialist
Now more than ever, the choice to become a vascular surgeon fulfills an acutely growing need created by the aging population in the India as there has been a steep increase in population above 65 .years and hence keeping in view this ageing population . talented, dedicated, skilled vascular surgeons will be needed to meet the challenges presented by creeping vascular diseases.
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