People with severe peripheral artery disease, or PAD, who received bypass surgery to improve blood flow to their legs and feet had 65 percent fewer repeat procedures and 27% fewer amputations than ...

A University of the Sunshine Coast trial is offering a new path to post-surgery recovery from peripheral artery disease (PAD), a condition that ...

However legs (and lives) can still be saved – even at the end-stage of the disease – if treated quickly enough. Here are five ways you can reduce your risk of amputation.

Bypass surgery is a medical procedure that helps improve blood flow to the heart. It bypasses narrowed or blocked arteries, known as coronary arteries, that supply blood to the heart.

Bypass surgery is performed to restore blood flow to areas of the heart when vessels become blocked. Vessels harvested from the patient are the gold standard for grafts, but limited availability ...

Vascular surgeons are primarily concerned with matching the person to the best treatment option available. In many cases, surgery isn’t the best solution. Education and Training Vascular ...

Leg amputation is one of the oldest surgical procedures. The earliest known example dates back some 31,000 years. During the advent of modern surgery in the 19th century, amputation for trauma and ...