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Afterwards he specialised in General Surgery at the University Hospitals of Leuven, followed an extensive vascular training in England (Vascular Surgery Department of the Royal Devon &amp; Exeter Hospital), and at the Vascular Surgery Department in Venlo in the Netherlands, and started his practice in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Vercaeren has a broad experience in the treatment of all vascular problems which he will mainly treat in an endovascular way, preferably under local anaesthesia, and with the most modern catheterisation techniques. The blood vessel problems are approached and treated from within. 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