Future of Vascular Surgery: Integrating Technology and Social Science for Holistic Care

Vascular surgery is undergoing a profound transformation as it integrates next-generation technology with a growing recognition of the role that social and systemic factors play in patient outcomes. This Research Topic aims to explore how interdisciplinary approaches can redefine the future of care for vascular patients. Traditionally driven by technical skill and anatomical expertise, vascular surgery now intersects with artificial intelligence, robotics, augmented imaging, wearable devices, and precision medicine. These innovations promise to enhance procedural safety, accuracy, and patient-specific treatment planning. However, their full potential will only be realized when deployed in systems that are equitable, data-informed, and patient-centered.

This collection seeks submissions that embrace both technological advancement and the social context in which vascular care is delivered. We welcome contributions exploring digital health, AI-supported diagnostics, intraoperative imaging tools, and remote post-op monitoring. Just as importantly, we encourage manuscripts that address healthcare disparities, access to innovation, decision-making frameworks, patient preferences, and policy considerations that influence vascular care. The overall aim is to promote a holistic, forward-thinking vision of vascular surgery—one that does not only treat the vessel but considers the person, their environment, and the systems that support them.

We invite a diverse range of article types: original research, reviews, case reports, perspectives, and commentaries that challenge the status quo and suggest novel directions for practice, education, and policy. This Research Topic will serve as a forum for vascular surgeons, bioengineers, social scientists, health economists, and policy makers to collectively chart a path toward more comprehensive and equitable vascular care.

Article types and fees

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Case Report
• Clinical Trial
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Case Report
• Clinical Trial
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Review
• Systematic Review
• Technology and Code

Keywords: Vascular Surgery, Surgical Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, Health Disparities, Patient-Centered Care, Robotics in Surgery, Healthcare Systems

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.