Vascular procedure and anaesthesia in one process

• Open surgery

  Reconstruction and thromboendarterectomy

  For open operations, vascular surgery and anaesthesia both provide patient education. medudoc combines both in one questionnaire and one document.

  • Carotid surgery
  • Reconstruction of the leg and pelvic arteries
  • Surgery of the renal and visceral arteries
• Endovascular

  Catheter, balloon and stent graft

  Endovascular procedures are often planned. Patients record their medical history and medication in advance at home, on any device and without an app.

  • PTA of the arm, leg and pelvic vessels
  • Stent graft for aortic aneurysm
  • Angiography
• Emergency

  Acute occlusions and injuries

  In an emergency, medical staff record the information themselves, using dedicated input forms. Patient education, signature and documentation then follow as for planned procedures.

  • Embolectomy of the limb arteries
  • Treatment of traumatic vascular injuries
  • Consent or documented refusal, also by legal representatives
• Dialysis access

  Shunt and dialysis catheter

  For dialysis, vascular surgery creates or revises access. The shunt sheet can be combined with the matching anaesthesia for the arm.

  • Dialysis shunt, creation and revision
  • Shaldon and Demers catheters

Also procedures for aneurysms of the leg and popliteal arteries, open surgery of the renal and visceral arteries, treatment of vascular malformations and baroreflex activation therapy.

• “medudoc proves to be an easy-to-set-up system that frees us doctors, as users, from redundant administrative tasks, creates legal certainty and demonstrates high satisfaction among doctors and patients.”

• “With medudoc, medical patient education and documentation are digital, visual and, above all, individually tailored to each patient.”

• Articles & guides

  One video instead of two appointments – combined vs. separate patient education for anaesthesia and surgery

  When a procedure requires both surgical and anaesthetic patient education, hospitals face an organisational question: are both combined in a single appointment or video, or do they remain two separate processes, each with its own signature? Both models are established in practice, and both can be justified clinically – the decision is not purely technical but concerns the allocation of responsibility between the specialties.

  September 21, 2026 · 5 min read
• Law & regulation

  Burden of proof for informed consent: why a signature is not enough in a liability case

  Under Section 630h(2) of the German Civil Code (BGB), the treating party bears the burden of proving patient information and consent — not the patient. A signed consent form only proves that a document was signed, not that the patient was informed individually, comprehensibly and in good time. The hospital's position becomes robust when the entire consent process can be reconstructed: which content was viewed when, which questions were asked and when the document was signed. In Austria, established OGH case law applies a comparable allocation of the burden of proof.

  July 7, 2026 · 7 min read
• Articles & guides

  Why the medical history is the blind spot in digitalising the surgical process

  In many hospitals, patient education and consent are already digital, but the medical history is still taken on paper. In the pre-anaesthesia clinic in particular, this leads to follow-up questions, media discontinuities and delays in the OR schedule; it also removes the basis for individualised patient education. An end-to-end pre-admission process therefore begins with a structured digital medical history at home, whose data flows on into the HIS and into patient education.

  October 15, 2026 · 9 min read

• Digital medical historyOne questionnaire for surgery and anaesthesia – adaptive, with medication by photo and upload of findings.Learn more
• Validation & risk assessmentRisk factors and key figures for each case, prepared for medical assessment.Learn more
• Patient education videoPersonalised patient education videos for each procedure, with subtitles and a reading version.Learn more
• Digital consent sheetPatient-specific consent sheet with electronic signature.Learn more
• Premedication & handoverPremedication with fully prepared cases, followed by handover to the HIS via FHIR.Learn more
• Documentation & archivingComplete consent trail and audit-proof archiving as PDF/A.Learn more