title: The emergence of vascular surgery as a separate specialty: implications for the military.
abstract: 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.
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authors.lastname: Ablett
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D008889:Military Personnel; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000639:trends*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures