Fundamental Skills in Vascular Surgery
This course is aimed at general surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons and cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons at any stage of training. It focusses on assessment and management of patients presenting with vascular or limb threatening pathology, and offers hands on skills for limb salvage with minor amputations, vein harvest and reconstruction, embolectomy in addition to major limb amputation techniques.
Next course dates:
Mon 21st & Tues 22nd September 2026
Fundamentals Skills in Vascular Surgery
Course Programme
Day 1
0830 Reception and welcome
0900 Assessment and immediate management of vascular patients
1030 Tea
1100 Cadaveric session 1: Compartment fasciotomy – lower limb and upper limb & Long saphenous vein harvest / SFJ ligation
1230 Lunch
1330 Cadaveric session 2: Minor amputations. Ray amputation of toe & Transmetatarsal amputation
1630 Feedback and close
Day 2
0830 Cadaveric session 3: Major limb amputation. Below knee amputation – long posterior flap and skew / Through the knee amputation / Above knee amputation
1200 Lunch
1300 Cadaveric session 4: Embolectomy techniques and trauma. Femoral artery exposure and repair / Brachial artery exposure and repair / Extraperitoneal approach to iliac and control
1700 Feedback and close