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Department of
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Vascular Surgery is one of the biggest units in the country.
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We work what we call a hub and spoke arrangement.
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That means that although all our surgeons work out of Addenbrooke’s,
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we also supply vascular services or vascular surgery services to the
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populations of Peterborough, Huntingdon, Bury St Edmunds and King’s Lynn.
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By working this hub and spoke arrangement, what we aim to do is to deliver as much
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of our vascular service to the community as close to the patients as possible.
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We also serve Papworth Hospital, which is a world renowned centre
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for dealing with conditions that affect the heart and lungs.
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We're extremely proud to have extensive involvement
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in a large number of local, national and international research projects,
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whether it's in the field of carotid imaging, frailty,
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large clinical trials and venous disease or genetics.
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Members of the department continue to publish widely in high impact journals.
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The second aspect is innovation, in order to be able
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to offer the latest treatments, whether it's for complex abdominal
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aneurysms or patients with difficult and deep venous problems
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or ulceration.
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In the last couple of years, we’ve spent a lot of time
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developing a quality improvement framework for peripheral artery disease,
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and I'm pleased to say that now being implemented across England
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and Cambridge is one of the early adopting centres.
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We also have strong links to the medical school, providing
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teaching to the medical students and often have them attached
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to the vascular firm.
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We perform
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many procedures both as elective and emergency procedures.
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We work closely with the vascular surgical department.
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We perform many procedures on the arteries and veins in the leg
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for both ulcers and claudication and critical ischemia,
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we also treat the aorta with respect to aneurysm disease.
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We have a very well designed
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and established teaching program, as well as training opportunities,
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research opportunities for all the vascular trainees.
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You also have a very well established teaching and training
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exchange program with international trainees.
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Such as from Australia and Sri Lanka.
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We are a specialist team performing
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advanced duplex ultrasound investigations to assess blood vessels and blood flow
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to support the vascular surgery team and other teams within the hospital.
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Staff
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to skilled at looking after post-operative patients who've undergone
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major surgery, such as aneurysm repairs, amputations,
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EVARs, major bypasses.
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These patients often require regional blocks, epidurals and TPN.
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We also have thrombolysis deep venous
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stenting, and iloprost infusions on the wards.
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As a specialist amputee physiotherapy team, we work closely
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with the vascular service and have an integrated approach
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which includes an on-site prosthetics department.
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We see patients throughout their journey from pre-amputation discussion
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helping alleviate the fear of this life-changing event
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through to maximising their independence at home.
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I had an
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aneurysm on my aorta,
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which was 10cm
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where they operated on, had it all plumbed
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in, all sorted out, and now back on the way home.
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The nurses and the staff are very good, food’s excellent.
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And I am now walking about on a leg that I
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should probably never had.
