Vascular and Interventional Centre provides medical treatment for various vascular conditions. Our mission is to provide the best medical treatment based on our latest knowledge and skills.
It is hoped that through these steps, we can contribute to the overall health of the community.
We are convinced that improving vascular integrity is significant to promote health through understanding the risk factors and providing better interventions for our patients.
Our vision is to enhance the vascular health integrity of our Singapore community. By achieving that integrity of vascular health, patients and the community can maintain their quality of life and fulfill their life purpose to the fullest.
We believe that the path of vascular integrity towards the community represents a part of the global health strategy.
Vascular and Interventional Centre is a dedicated hub for Interventional Vascular Surgery, covering most subspecialties of this multidisciplinary field.
The team offers a range of minimally invasive image-guided procedures, covering a variety of conditions in various body systems.
An overwhelmingly large percentage of our procedures are performed as daycare and are known for their quick turnaround time and patient-friendly outcomes.
Vascular health is such a vital part of general well-being that when the vascular system is not healthy, the entire body can be affected. In many cases, it is best to let someone with specialized knowledge and experience in such a specific field take the lead.
Our physicians collaborate with various specialists to provide a greater depth of care.
In our Vascular and Interventional Centre, we have joined with experienced vascular surgeons and multidisciplinary doctors to complement our role in ensuring high-quality care at any stage of your condition.
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Overview of Services Offered
The Vascular and Interventional Centre provides a range of diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients with arterial and venous disease utilizing cutting-edge and minimally invasive procedures.
Minimally invasive endovascular procedures offer significant benefits to patients, including improved safety, decreased morbidity, decreased time to resume normal activities, and increased efficiency of care.
Patient education is a key element of our services in addition to providing diagnostic expertise and comprehensive care to patients with aortic disorders.
One of the newest advancements in endovascular techniques is the use of a single small incision in the common femoral artery to perform diagnostic and interventional procedures to both the abdomen and lower extremity.
The utilization of wires, catheters, balloons, stents, and ultrasound has helped to revolutionize the treatment of vascular conditions.
For the treatment of venous disease, using minimally invasive techniques in conjunction with diagnostic ultrasonographic evaluation, we are able to perform walk-in/walk-out office-based procedures to safely, effectively, and painlessly eliminate spider and varicose veins.
As vascular medicine continues to grow, we are integrating medical techniques and approaches that are currently being implemented in Europe.
Other vascular advances involve combining complex surgeries with smaller incisions in a hybrid room using a mix of expertise from multidisciplinary teams providing care to offer better patient outcomes.
These techniques are designed to provide patients with alternatives and more rapid recovery times after major vascular disorders.
Vascular education for patients involves the diagnosis and treatment of all arterial, venous, and lymphatic disorders.
The modalities of therapy performed by board-certified vascular surgeons include medical management, minimally invasive endovascular techniques, and traditional open surgery.
Understanding Vascular Conditions
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Vascular conditions mainly comprise the diseases that affect the veins and arteries of the affected person. Vascular conditions also affect the patients who visit critical care hospitals.
A sound understanding of the anatomy and physiology of a patient’s vascular system is important for the efficient management of diseases, particularly during surgery and intensive care management.
The principles underlying vascular diseases are established on scientific grounds, but their complications result from intercurrent infections and general medical conditions.
Peripheral vascular diseases, systemic vascular diseases, venous diseases, and arterial diseases are a few of the conditions related to vascular diseases. Peripheral vascular diseases encompass obstructions and dilations of peripheral vessels.
Diseases including atherosclerosis, both causes and effects, embolism, thrombosis, and arterial trauma make up a vast proportion of systemic vascular diseases.
Atherosclerosis has been linked to diabetes, hypertension, and smoking; it pathologically enlarges the intima of large vessels, including the aorta, coronary arteries, carotids, and extremities.
There are a handful of types of veins, and they are commonly found within the human body; however, graft veins are prevalent in dialysis patients.
The symptoms of these diseases and their prevalence mean they need to be given paramount care and proper treatment in order to guard against danger and to safeguard the lives of the victims.
Blocked arteries caused by plaque accumulation in the arteries lead to peripheral artery disease.
A variety of risk factors contribute to the worsening or onset of these diseases, including high cholesterol and high lipids, obesity, having a familial history of these diseases, and being a smoker.
Therefore, early diagnosis helps in the prevention of severe complications of heart diseases, strokes, and diabetes. Healthy arteries enable blood to carry sufficient quantities of oxygen and nutrients to the parts of the body that need it.
Blood pressure is lowered, thus reducing the chances of stroke. Both small and larger arteries are affected.
Whereas larger aneurysms are usually found in the chest or abdomen, thoracic and abdominal aneurysms develop primarily as a result of hypertension, atherosclerosis, and smoking.
Aortic aneurysms have certain symptoms that can help a person recognize the signs of vascular diseases before they rupture. Lifestyle choices are often the main reason for peripheral artery disease, as it can be linked to heart attacks and strokes.
Minimally invasive procedures have numerous benefits over open surgeries that require large incisions. These include reduced physical trauma compared to open surgery, decreased blood loss, and less need for anesthesia.
Reduced post-operative pain is often the cornerstone of patient satisfaction. Indeed, mini-puncture scars, commonly just a few millimeters in size, resulting from minimally invasive procedures are particularly appreciated by patients, though not visible even at a close distance.
Additionally, these can be a boon for women, in particular, as resulting scars from open surgeries are a point of grief and draw attention when wearing clothing like low-cut dresses or bikinis. Patients don’t have to hide these scars, as is often the practice.
Uterine Fibroids
Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous growths of the uterus and are the most common benign tumors of the female reproductive system that impact women of childbearing age.
They have a significant impact on the quality of life of the women who are affected. The vast majority of patients affected are completely asymptomatic, and the fibroids are only incidentally noted on imaging done as part of the assessment of other conditions.
The symptoms and signs in affected individuals depend on various factors, including the number and size of the fibroids, the site of the fibroids in the uterus, and a variety of patient-specific factors.
Symptoms can include heavy menstrual bleeding, pain and discomfort during and between periods, an increased frequency of urination, constipation, and backache.
Affected women can also have fertility issues and recurrent miscarriages, as these growths have a potential association with sub-fertility.
The gold standard for their correct diagnosis remains imaging, and an increasingly sophisticated array of non-invasive imaging modalities can be successfully utilized to delineate with precision the size, number, location, and distribution of fibroids within the womb.
This correct diagnosis remains the key to optimal personalized management of the patient. There are various modalities of management available for women diagnosed with uterine fibroids, ranging from conservative methods to surgical interventions.
Uterine artery embolization is an extremely effective minimally invasive treatment option and has excellent patient satisfaction rates because most women experience a complete resolution or reduction of symptoms and can resume their normal activities in a significantly shorter recovery period than with surgery.
There have been significant technological advances in recent years that have enhanced the longevity of the procedure by tailoring the treatment method and delivery to the patient-specific uterine vascular territory, thereby reducing the side effects associated with the uterine artery embolization recovery period.
There have been very recent advances with new embolic agents and technologies that can offer a longer-term uterine preservation for patients of childbearing age and a low rate of associated post-embolization syndrome, as part of ongoing commitment and investment into clinical research protocols.
All these methods should be complemented with modern uterine assessment techniques available to diagnose fibroids.
It is essential that women diagnosed through their imaging-defined symptoms have the benefit of a specialist fibroid clinic to address all available symptomatic options in the vessel interventional clinic, in conjunction with the gynecological perspective and guidance.
Evidence suggests that only a comprehensive approach is effective in meeting the needs and wishes of impacted women.
Addressing Uterine Cancer Singapore
Uterine cancer is the most common gynecological cancer in Singapore, with a significantly higher statistic of women diagnosed with advanced-stage diseases compared to developed European countries.
This could be due to varying symptoms at presentation, local cancer biology, selective risk factors, and different lifestyle factors.
Uterine cancer occurs when cells in the inner lining of the uterus grow uncontrollably, resulting in the formation of a tissue mass or tumor.
Epidemiology and Risk Factors: The incidence of uterine cancer has been increasing, largely driven by a rising trend in the developed Asian population in Singapore, primarily by endometrial cancer cases.
Obesity has been identified as one of the important risk factors. Overweight, nulliparity, family history, early menarche, late menopause, diabetes, and a history of breast and ovarian cancer put women at increased risk of uterine cancer.
In Singapore, people of Malay origin are also at increased risk of uterine cancer compared to the Chinese. Screening is generally conducted for patients with hereditary conditions.
Importance of Early Detection and Screening Programs: Patients diagnosed with early-stage disease have a significantly improved prognosis.
Treatment could also be less aggressive for such patients as the tumor may remain confined to the interior of the uterus, and there is a low risk of spreading to other organs.
Pathway of Treatment: Uterine cancer is usually managed by a multidisciplinary team in a hospital. The treatment often involves surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation treatment, depending on the extent of the disease, in order to eradicate the cancer cells.
Role of Vascular and Interventional Centre: Surgical intervention is an integral part of the uterine cancer treatment. Nursing staff provide practical and emotional support before, during, after, and between treatments.
They also offer various supportive programs and services to assist patients during their cancer journey. A clinical psychologist supports patients and their families throughout diagnosis and treatment.
Dietitians, physiotherapists, speech therapists, and social workers also play a supportive role in the treatment process.
Minimally Invasive Techniques: Advancements have now provided surgical techniques that are less invasive or keyhole surgery for cancer treatment, which have been shown to have similar or, in some cases, better outcomes.
Minimally invasive surgical interventions are also offered for fertility-sparing operations. The use of new laparoscopic and robotic techniques has shown that results are repeatable and are associated with no adverse effects or complications.
