The status of vascular surgery in the UK: vascular surgical training in the UK

摘要

The past few years have seen a fragmentation of General Surgery into the four main areas of Upper GI, Lower GI, Breast/Endocrine and Vascular Surgery Within this confederation of specialist interests, Vascular Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland remains a major component of General Surgery and the majority of surgeons continue to work as General Surgeons with a Vascular Interest Core training in General Surgery during SpR years 1-3 remains the foundation upon which a specialist knowledge of Vascular Surgery is buihV Increasing numbers of Consultants are now choosing to become specialist Vascular Surgeons with little or no involvement in General Surgery, particularly as the number of dedicated Vascular Surgery emergency rotas increase Nevertheless, it remains important at the current time to ensure that Vascular Surgeons have sufficient core training to be able to cope competently with General Surgery emergencies Likewise any non-Vascular General Surgeon should either be able to cope with the common vascular surgical emergencies, or at least know when to refer on to a specialist Vascular Surgeon.