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Interview: Developments in Vascular Surgery

Vascular surgery has developed rapidly in the last ten years. Ten years ago we operated on abdominal aortas with large abdominal sections. Today you can treat 80 to 90 percent minimally invasive with a small cut on the groin. While the patient used to ...

Narrowing of the carotid artery (rbb article)

For the narrowed carotid artery there are different therapy options. Drugs can be given, you can dilate the narrowed area or remove the constriction surgically. Which therapy suits whom depends on the degree of constriction, the nature of the plaques and the concomitant diseases of the patient. Meanwhile, patients are advised to be treated even at a narrowing of 60 percent, even if ...

Dr. Günay Kalender: New Head of Vascular Surgery (Management & Hospital)

Since October 1, Dr. Günay Kalender is the new chief physician of the clinic for vascular and endovascular surgery at the DRK clinics Berlin | Koepenick. The 43-year-old specialist in vascular surgery is an expert in endovascular surgery and specializes in the implantation of custom-made, windowed prostheses. These so-called fenestrated stents are used to treat life-threatening vessel erosions (aneurysms). The Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the DRK Kliniken Berlin | Köpenick was ...