Vascular Surgery is a subspecialty of Department of General Surgery. It serves the biggest pool of patients with vascular problems in Singapore. Multi-disciplinary team concept is adopted to provide the patients with holistic care and rehabilitative service necessary to return them to an acceptable quality of life.
The Vascular Unit is located within Ward 58 to serve the diverse range of vascular problems such as limbs ischaemia, venous leg ulcers, renal failure patients who require vascular access, abdominal aortic aneuysm repair, varicose veins and vascular wound management.
The team comprised surgeons, technologists, a scientist, a vascular fellow, a nurse clinician, a physiotherapist, an occupational therapist, the nursing staff and research coordinators. The Vascular Nurse Clinician provides and conducts patient teaching, discharge planning and inservices to patients and nurses in the vascular wound management.
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