Cutting-Edge Surgical Techniques Dramatically Alter Recovery Times

Aug. 11, 2011 - PRLog -- New York, NY - St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center’s Division of Endovascular-Vascular Surgery dramatically improves recovery times.  Patients are benefiting from dramatic recent developments in the way they receive their care.  Many of the Vascular Surgeons at St. Luke's have spent their entire careers taking care of the population on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. They have a combined 85-year tradition of vascular surgery excellence.

Currently, patients who at one time would have undergone aortic surgery and required five to seven days in the hospital, often go home the next day. Many of these patients are back to normal activities within one week, when in the past, this would have often taken two months.

Limb salvage has also improved dramatically with a diminution in amputation rate, improved survival rate, and a much faster return to functional status with the use of minimally invasive techniques.

The vascular surgeons see patients on a daily basis in the outpatient setting at both the St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Campuses. Bi-Campus, state-of-the-art vascular laboratory testing is available while patients see their physician. This allows the patient to leave the office with a thorough knowledge of the disease process and well-formulated plan of care.

In the last three years, major changes in the outcomes for patients undergoing venous procedures and thoracic aortic aneurysm procedures have been seen. The Bi-Campus application of endovenous laser therapy and radio frequency therapy for the treatment of complex venous disease has made the intervention for this problem much more pleasant.  Many patients require just a 30-minute procedure prior to going home with no incisions. (For more details visit:http://www.slrsurgery.org/vascular-surgery/division-of-va...)

Previously, these patients would have required a regional or general anesthetic and spent most of the day in the hospital prior to going home. The quality of outcomes for these patients is significantly enhanced and the overall comfort is dramatically improved.

One of the most dangerous vascular surgery procedures that can be undertaken is for the treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms. The St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Division of Vascular and Endovascular surgery has treated ruptured and non-ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysms with state-of-the-art stent graft technology. With these thoracic endografts, patients have gone on to leave the hospital doing well.  

For more information on our program, please visit the website at http://www.slrsurgery.org or call us for an appointment at (212) 523-7780.

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