About Vascular Surgery

With the largest group of board-certified and fellowship-trained vascular surgeons in the area, the team at Jobst Vascular Institute stands ready to provide the high quality vascular surgery care at ProMedica Toledo Hospital and other ProMedica locations.

What is vascular surgery?

Vascular surgery focuses on the surgical treatment of disease in your circulatory system outside of your heart and brain. This includes your arteries, veins and lymphatic system:

• Arteries: Blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body.
• Veins: Blood vessels that carry blood from the body back into the heart.
• Lymphatic system: A network of vessels throughout the body that drains lymph fluid from tissues to maintain fluid balance and to clear byproducts of inflammation.

What vascular diseases do you treat?

Our vascular surgeons treat and manage acute and chronic vascular diseases including:

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm.
• Atherosclerosis.
• Blood clotting disorders.
• Carotid artery stenosis.
• Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism.
• Dialysis access for patients with kidney disease.
• Lymphedema.
• Peripheral artery disease (PAD).
• Spider and varicose veins.
• Swollen legs.
• Venous and lymphatic diseases.
• Venous ulcers.
• Wound care.

Call us today at 800-39-JOBST (56278) to schedule an appointment.

What vascular surgery services are available?

Vascular surgery for vascular disease may be required and includes both open and endovascular repair:

• Angioplasty and stenting for peripheral artery disease (PAD).
• Arteriovenous Fistula formation.
• Atherectomy for peripheral artery disease (PAD).
• Carotid angioplasty and stenting.
• Carotid endarterectomy.
• Dialysis access.
• Endovascular repair of aortic aneurysm.
• Endovenectomy.
• Open bypass for peripheral artery disease (PAD).
• Open repair of aortic aneurysm.
• Thrombolysis for extensive deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
• Wound debridement.

When is vascular surgery recommended?

If the doctor suspects that a person may have decreased blood flow somewhere in the peripheral (arms, legs, and/or neck) circulation, vascular studies may be performed. Using these studies and other information, the surgeon will decide on the best course of treatment for the patient.