The emergence of vascular surgery as a separate specialty: implications for the military.

摘要

Vascular surgery is evolving from being a sub-specialty of general surgery to becoming a separate surgical specialty. This will have implications in terms of the training, skill-set and workload of surgeons working in the NHS. There are implications for the military too, as a deploying trauma team must have both general and vascular surgical capabilities. This article explores the reasons for the changes occurring and discusses the wider implications.