Emergency Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Practice Second Edition - Hardcover

9780340810125: Emergency Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Practice Second Edition

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340810122 ISBN 13: 9780340810125

Publisher: CRC Press, 2005

Emergency vascular and endovascular practice comprises almost half the workload undertaken by the majority of vascular surgeons. Most vascular emergencies are characterised by the sudden occlusion, rupture or injury of a blood vessel placing organ, limb and life at risk. An attitude of urgency and of good judgement, both in diagnostic assessment and the application of evidence-based vascular and endovascular techniques, is crucial to the achievement of optimal outcomes.

This book is structured with the emphasis on clinical presentation, the objective being to provide accessible and highly practical advice to the vascular surgeon faced with a particular emergency. Distinguished vascular surgeons, vascular radiologists and other specialists around the world have enriched this book with authoritative contributions reflecting their experience and expertise. For ease of reference the text is divided into nine sections, leading with introductory chapters on general considerations such as pathophysiology, preoperative diagnosis, risk assessment and medico-legal aspects of vascular emergencies. That is followed by a series of clinical sections covering acute cerebrovascular syndromes, acute limb ischaemic states, the acutely swollen limb, thoraco-abdominal catastrophes, acute complications of endovascular aortic repair, regional vascular trauma and iatrogenic injuries. It concludes with a section on miscellaneous, but important, acute vascular challenges. Throughout the book, wherever appropriate, modern endovascular techniques are given full coverage.

International in its approach, this book will fast become established as the text devoted to the surgical management of vascular and endovascular emergencies. It is essential reading for vascular surgeons and radiologists and a useful reference source for general and trauma surgeons, angiologists and emergency physicians.

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Review:

The purpose [of this book] is to provide its readers with a well-organized, concise, yet thorough source for treating acute issues encountered in vascular patients.... [The editors] have addressed these issues with overwhelming success.... The editors have gathered a group of authors with an international flare that are world-renowned experts in the topics they present.... Physicians in all fields who encounter patients with vascular emergencies will find this book to be an invaluable resource that will certainly not gather dust on the bookshelf.
Doody's - Brian G Peterson, MD (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)

"Few specialist vascular books, and no generalist texts, offer such an elegant and inclusive review of acute vascular practice and as such it is to be recommended. All the chapters are authoritative, elucidate their subjects with clarity and achieve a well-controlled balance of volume and readability. This is a book that will be referred to time and time again both by higher surgical trainees and specialists established in vascular practice."

Jonathan Ghosh, Association of Surgeons in Training

About the Author:

Aires A.B. Barros D’Sa OBE MD FRCS FRSCEd, Honorary Professor of Vascular Surgery, The Queen’s University of Belfast and Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
Anthony D.B. Chant BA BSc MS FRCS, Medical Director, British Vascular Foundation, UK and Wessex Nuffield Hospital, Hants

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