Vascular surgery services
Guy’s and St Thomas’ vascular surgery unit is a national tertiary referral centre providing diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the blood vessels. We have a large team of specialist surgeons, radiologists, doctors and nurses to look after you.
The Vascular surgery department is the hub of the South East Thames Network. We provide emergency and elective vascular services to people living in south east London and west Kent. Our ‘network’ hospitals are:
- King’s College Hospital NHS Trust (Kings College Hospital and Princess Royal University Hospital)
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (Lewisham Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich)
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (Darent Valley Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup)
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (Tunbridge Wells Hospital).
We are a national tertiary referral centre for complex aortic disease specialising in endovascular and open surgery for aneurysms and aortic dissection.
We are a leading unit in the management of diabetic patients with vascular disease and have a large multi-disciplinary team of surgeons, radiologists, physicians and podiatrists who provide a multidisciplinary care for these patients. We are committed to supporting our network hospitals diabetes services through the diabetic foot network.
We have a specialist interest in the management of deep venous disease with a multidisciplinary team specialising in this field.
Our performance
Mortality rates from surgery carried out in the unit are well below the national average. In 2016, our:
- complex endovascular aneurysm repair mortality rate was 1.3%
- infrarenal aneurysm repair (EVAR) mortality rate was 0.5%
- carotid endarterectomy stroke and mortality rate was 1.0%.
Find out more about aortic aneurysms
We offer a number of specialist vascular services. These include the treatment of aortic aneurysms.Visit our link https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/our-services/cardiovascular/specialties/vascular-surgery/overview.aspx and watch out the two videos about repairing complex aortic aneurysms.
