PLAINSBORO, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Heart bypass surgery: What used to be an extraordinary procedure for clogged arteries is now done more than a thousand times a day. And it's still a powerful fix ...

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 ...

Weight-loss surgery is suitable for people who are overweight and who have not been able to lose weight with diet, exercise, or medicine. Surgery is generally considered when your body mass index (BMI ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Answer: Bypass surgery these days is typically performed through an incision down the middle of the chest. It's not the same incision that we used to use 20 years or so ago, when it was really huge.

So if you have a significant blockage to that artery the standard of care is coronary bypass surgery. There are other situations that will mimic that, where -- sometimes called left main ...