Vascular
The vascular surgery department is based at the Royal infirmary of Edinburgh. It has functioned as a separate and distinct unit for over 30 years. It was the first unit in the UK to provide a dedicated specialist regional service delivering emergency and elective care to patients with vascular disease. It is a tertiary referral Regional Service to the South-East of Scotland for the management of patients with Vascular disorders. It is also home to the National Service for Scotland for the management of patients with Thoraco-abdominal aortic disease.
A full range of vascular surgical services is offered at the Royal, with particular expertise in complex open and endovascular aortic surgery, carotid surgery and vascular access surgery. Since 2001 a dedicated Vascular Laboratory run by Accredited Clinical Vascular Scientist staff has provided diagnostic services for this group of patients.
In-patients are cared for on Ward 105, a thirty bedded ward, which includes four Level 1 monitored beds. Out-patients and preadmission patients are seen in Out Patient Department 4. Vascular Ultrasound imaging is provided in the Vascular Laboratory within Out Patient Department 3.
Educational Meetings and Courses
Educational Meetings
- The Vascular Society Annual Scientific Meeting (VSASM)
- The British Society for Endovascular Therapy (BSET) Annual Meeting
Courses
- ChM in Vascular and Endovascular
- ASPIRE 1-8, National Vascular Surgery Training Programme
- Vascular Limb Salvage Academy (VaLSA)
- The Vascular Society Lower Limb Amputation Course
- Vascular Access and US courses