What follow up care will I need?

General vascular surgeons are able to effectively manage and follow up patients. In this video, Dr. Gwozdz tells us about other specialists that may be involved in the follow up care.

Conservative options include minimising risk factors and surgical options include minimally invasive and open surgeries. In this video, Dr. Gwozdz tells us more about the treatment options.

Here you can learn about what kind of follow up care will be required for patients and for how long they need to see a specialist.

Once a definitive treatment option is decided, patients are usually followed up on one occasion to check for the reoccurrence of symptoms. In this video, Dr. Gwozdz tells us more about how often patients would need to be followed up by a vascular specialist.

Follow up care can happen between 6 weeks to 3 months after surgical procedures or at 3 months for less invasive treatments to see if symptoms have improved. In this video, Dr. Gwozdz tells us more about the follow up care given to patients with venous malformations.

Treatments depend on firstly how large the SVT is and where it is in the body. In this video, Dr. Machin tells us about the treatments patients may undergo and how to reduce the risk of it re-developing.