Definitions for "Endovascular Surgery"
Alternative treatment to open a blood vessel.
Relatively new, less invasive surgery whereby surgeons enter the body through blood vessels rather than through a large incision.
Correction of conditions affecting arteries and veins by approaching the lesion from within the blood vessel using catheters, balloons and stents rather than by making an incision into the blood vessel. A less invasive form of surgery than the standard operative approach.