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Geelong Vascular Service in 2014

Geelong Vascular Service is about to enter its 16th year of providing care to patients with arterial and venous disease in Geelong and the wider reaches of Victoria's South-West. Over this period we've enjoyed the support of many GPs with whom we have shared the vision of delivering quality and dedicated vascular surgery to their patients. It's been our aim to consistently keep pace with advances in the field, so that our patients can be assured of always having access to the best modern vascular therapy has to offer.

Geelong Vascular Service is Moving to the Waterfront

We are excited to announce that from April 24 we will be making the move to new rooms on the Western Beach Waterfront: 15A The Esplanade. The Vascular Surgicentre is purpose built for us to combine consulting sessions, dedicated vascular ultrasound assessment and ambulatory outpatient vein treatment. Our laser vein clinic is available to all patients with lower limb vein disease - surgery in hospital is no longer required. Arterial patients; with aortic aneurysms, carotid disease, lower limb ischaemia; remain to be treated by angio-intervention or open surgery at St John of God. We look forward to welcoming your patients to our new surgery.

Walking Without Pain

Leg pain and peripheral vascular disease

Leg pain can come and go but leg pain that never really goes away is a problem that affects many people as they get older. A common cause of chronic leg pain is poor circulation. The medical name for this condition is Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD). PVD is the narrowing of the arteries (blood vessels) that supply blood to various parts of the body. It often affects the arteries that supply blood to the legs, leading to a circulation disorder in the lower limbs which is commonly experienced as pain or cramping in the leg. If not treated, PVD can seriously impair a person's ability to walk.

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