The recovery times for minimally invasive endovascular procedures are generally much shorter compared to traditional open surgical approaches.
For open surgical approaches, it often requires a large incision to access the affected blood vessel. This usually means that patients may require hospitalisation of 3-5 days and recovery maybe a month before returning to normal activities. For open surgical approaches, there is also an increased risk of infection, blood loss, and longer-term scarring.
On the other hand, in minimally invasive endovascular procedures, the vascular surgeon accesses the blood vessel through a small incision. This results in reduced tissue trauma and lower risk of complications for the patient. Patients can often resume normal activities within one week. More recently most of these minimally invasive endovascular procedures can be performed as day surgery procedures not requiring hospitalisation.