Vascular Surgery: A New Surgical Specialty in the UK

Abstract

on 16 March 2012, vascular surgery entered the Parliamentary statute books as a separate surgical specialty in the United Kingdom. Up until that date, vascular surgery had been an integral part of general surgery. over the past two decades, the two specialties have been developing a dichotomous mix of surgical skills and clinical expertise, resulting in the present-day consultant vascular and endovascular surgeon being very different from the previous general surgeon with a vascular interest.