Dr. Zachary C Schmittling MD
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
3800 S National Ave Springfield MO, 65807About
Dr. Zachary Schmittling is a vascular surgeon practicing in Springfield, MO. Dr. Schmittling specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Schmittling diagnoses and treats vascular diseases and performs vasular surgeries. Common conditions that a vascular surgeon treats are aneurysms, atherosclerosis and varicose veins. Vascular specialists might also treat trauma, venous ulcers, poor leg circulation, peripheral arterial disease and other vascular-related issues.
Education and Training
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine 1997
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Mortality and paraplegia after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair: a risk factor analysis.
- Cerebrospinal fluid drainage in thoracoabdominal aortic surgery.
- Cerebrospinal fluid drainage reduces paraplegia after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair: results of a randomized clinical trial.
- Morbidity and mortality after extent II thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
- Transcatheter embolization of a splenic artery aneurysm.
Treatments
- Stroke
- Varicose Veins
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Aneurysm
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (aaa)
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Vascular Disease
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