“Vascular surgery is a specialty where very often what is technically feasible is not logically prudent”
Vascular Surgery is a surgical specialty dealing with all vascular conditions, both of arteries and veins, except those of the heart and coronary vessels. Our vessels become sick for various reasons, with the most common ones including smoking, cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, obesity or high blood pressure. An important role is also played by hereditary factors.
The long experience of our specialized partners and the state-of-the-art equipment of Metropolitan General allow us to cover the entire spectrum of vascular surgery - angiology and offer the best established and superior services both in diagnosis and in treatment.
We provide a full series of top quality diagnostic services, both non-invasive (vascular ultrasound/triplex-doppler, CT and MRI scans) and invasive ones (digital subtraction angiography - DSA).
In the presence of respective indications, we can apply digital subtraction angiography to rapidly proceed to an intraluminal angioplasty (known as balloon or stent) and offer immediate solutions to patients, without losing precious treatment time. This allows us to perform angioplasty on carotids, on the upper and lower limbs, on the abdominal and thoracic aorta, on visceral arteries, as well as on the deep venous system and dialysis fistulas.
In surgery we can cover the entire range of open arterial operations, such as peripheral arteries bypass (the well-known bypass operation), carotid endarterectomy, replacement of abdominal aorta and iliac arteries in the framework of an aneurysm or obstructive condition and embolectomy in case of acute vascular obstruction. We can also provide hybrid operations, that is, a combination of open and intraluminal techniques, offering the best possible solutions to our patients.
A distinctive part of our treatment options is the treatment of varicose veins, commonly known as venous insufficiency. Here we can intervene on small, visible veins - spider veins - and provide painless and bloodless infusion of special medication (sclerotherapy). In more extensive venous insufficiency cases, we provide both minimally invasive intraluminal solutions (Laser, RF radiofrequency, VenaSeal) and the conventional open surgery method.
In cases with no indications for surgery or invasive treatment, we assume a consultation role and provide patients with conservative treatment and regular follow-up for as long as this is necessary.
Personnel
Director
Nektarios Galanis, Vascular Surgeon
Supervising Physician
Afroditi Antoniou, Vascular Surgeon
Scientific Partners
Maria Xanthopoulou, Anesthesiologist
Konstantinos Pavlias, Anesthesiologist
Contact Number: +30 210 650 2104