Main description:

Vascular surgery is a specialty of surgery in which diseases of arteries and veins are managed by medical therapy, minimally invasive catheter procedures and surgical reconstruction.

This book is a concise guide to vascular surgery. Written in simple, easy to understand language, it addresses routine vascular problems encountered in daily practice.

Bringing clinicians up to date with the most recent techniques, this easy reference emphasises the latest investigative modalities including duplex ultrasound imaging, CT angiography with 3D reconstruction, MR angiography and Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS).

Enhanced by more than 100 full colour images and illustrations, this useful text includes three DVDs demonstrating common vascular surgery procedures.

Key points

Concise, easy to understand guide to vascular surgery
Emphasis on investigative modalities
Features more than 100 full colour images and illustrations
Includes three DVDs demonstrating common procedures

Contents:

1. Investigations in Peripheral Vascular Disease: Radiology and Imaging

2. Acute Limb Ischemia

3. Chronic Lower Limb Ischemia

4. Thromboangiitis Obliterans/Buerger's Disease

5. Extremity Vascular Trauma

6. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

7. Raynaud's Syndrome

8. Arterial Aneurysms

9. Vascular Anomalies: Tumors and Malformations

10. Carotid Artery Occlusive Disease

11. Carotid Body Tumor

12. Mesenteric Occlusive Disease

13. Conduits in Vascular Surgery

14. Endovascular Interventions

15. Chronic Venous Insufficiency

16. Varicose Veins

17. Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Brief Study

18. Lymphedema

DVD Contents

DVD 1

Common Femoral Artery Tear
Superficial Femoral Artery to Posterior Tibial Artery Composite Graft - Case 1

DVD 2

Superficial Femoral Artery to Posterior Tibial Artery Composite Graft - Case 2
Varicose Veins

DVD 3

Carotid Endarterectomy