Comprehensive Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Comprehensive Vascular and Endovascular Surgery is the exciting new reference designed with one purpose - to help YOU care for patients with vascular disorders and improve the standard of care you provide. For the FIRST TIME in a single-volume vascular surgery text, full-colour photographs, line illustrations and graphs are used to present information in a concise, understandable, and retainable format. The authors and editors have focused on the CLINICAL considerations and issues YOU face in everyday practice.

Table of Contents:
Section 1: Background 1 Historical Perspectives in Vascular Surgery - The Evolution of Modern Trends 2 Vascular Biology 3 Thrombosis and Hemostasis 4 Hemodynamics 5 Evidence-Based Medicine: Basic Concepts, Population Dynamics, Outcomes Analysis Section 2: Claudication 6 Vascular Laboratory Evaluation of Lower Extremity Arterial Occlusive Disease 7 The Medical Management of Claudication 8 Interventional Treatment for Claudication 9 Surgical Intervention Section 3: Chronic Lower-Extremity Ischemia 10 Etiology and Natural History: Medical Management 11 Endovascular Treatment 12 Surgical Intervention 13 Diabetic Foot Problems 14 Amputation Section 4: Acute Limb Ischemia 15 Etiology and Natural History: Diagnosis and Evaluation 16 Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Peripheral Arterial Occlusion 17 Practical Techniques in Surgical and Endovascular Management of Acute Limb Ischemia 18 Metabolic and Systemic Consequences of Acute Limb Ischemia and Reperfusion Section 5: Upper Extremity Problems 19 Upper Extremity Ischemia: Large Artery Occlusive Disease 20 Upper Extremity Ischemia: Small Artery Occlusive Disease 21 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Section 6: Mesenteric Syndromes 22 Acute and Chronic Arterial Mesenteric Ischemia 23 Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis Section 7: Renovascular Disease 24 Pathophysiology of Renovascular Hypertension 25 Evaluation of Renovascular Hypertension 26 Treatment of Renovascular Disease a) Treatment of Renovascular Disease: Medical Therapy b) Treatment of Renovascular Disease: Endovascular Therapy c) Treatment of Renovascular Disease: Surgical Therapy 27 Hemodialysis Access: Placement and Management of Complications Section 8: Aneurysmal Disease 28 Pathophysiology and Natural History of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms 29 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Screening and Evaluation 30 Abdominal Aneurysms-EVAR 31 Abdominal Aneurysm - Open Repair 32 Complex Aortic Aneurysm: Pararenal, Suprarenal, and Thoracoabdominal 33 Peripheral Aneurysms Section 9: Cerebrovascular Disease 34 Aortic Arch Branch Disease 35 Surgery for Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency 36 Carotid Artery Disease: Natural History and Diagnosis 37 Endovascular Treatment of Carotid Disease 38 The Surgical Treatment of Carotid Disease Section 10: Venous disease 39 Pathophysiology of Varicose Veins and Chronic Venous Insufficiency 40 The Medical Management of Varicose Veins 41 Surgical Treatment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency 42 Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism 43 Vascular Malformations 44 Lymphedema

About the Author :
The Lead Editor of this proposed title is Jeb Hallett, who is based at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. There he holds the position of Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, the Director of Education for the Department of Surgery, Professor of Surgery, and the Director of the Mayo Gonda Vascular Center, an outpatient center at Mayo which performs over 6000 consults per year. He was an examiner for the American Board of Surgery between 1992 and 1998, is a member of the Advisory Council for Vascular Surgery for the American College of Surgeons, and is a member of the program committee of the ISCS, which he will chair in 2002. Prof Hallett originally trained as a journalist. He was voted Teacher of the Year in Surgical Specialties by Mayo students in 1999. Jeb has written 4 books, as well as contributing to Strandness and van Breda and Rutherford, and is an editor on the board of the Journal of Vascular Surgery. He hasan excellent reputation as one of the front runners in American vascular surgery and his name and institution will be a great asset to this book.

Professor Joe Mills is the Chief of Vascular Surgery at the University of Arizona, and the Director of the Vascular Fellowship Program. He has a reputation for being good, solid and reliable. He is well known in American Vascular Surgery, will chair the program committee of the Society of Vascular Surgery in 2001, and writes questions for both the written and oral parts of the Boards examination. He has just published a book on Management of Chronic Lower Limb Ischemia with Edward Arnold and is also on the editorial board of the Journal of Vascular Surgery.

Jonothan Earnshaw trained atGuy's Hospital and was the Royal College of Surgeons Hunterian Professor during 1992-1993. He is the current chairman of research of the Vascular Surgical Society. He is a Surgical Tutor for the Royal College of Surgeons and has been an associate editor of the British Journal of Surgery since 1995. He recently self-published a book on evidence-based vascular surgery, and has a special interest in this area. He has a good reputation in British vascular surgery and again is seen as someone who is hard-working, a meticulous editor and reliable, someone who "gets the job done".

Finally, Jim Reekers has recently become a Professor of Radiology at the AMC in Amsterdam. He is young, dynamic and highly motivated. Dutch interventional radiology is verywell funded and many of the cutting-edge studies originate from The Netherlands. Although European practice varies widely from country to country, particularly in relation to intervention and treatment, The Netherlands is closest to the UK in approach. Prof Reekers has been brought onto the project to comment on the Endovascular sections and to help lend an international flavour tothe book.

Review :
True to the editors' goal of developing a practical text, the diagnostic descriptions are brief and focus primarily on the appropriate use of noninvasive and invasive diagnostic tests, their interpretation, and their limitations. Almost no stone is left unturned in reviewing the various options for intervention available to the treating physician, whether endoluminal or open surgical or any combination thereof. Annals of Vascular Surgery, International Journal of Vascular Surgery, March 2005 "The aim of this book was clearly not to write another theoretical handbook of vascular surgery, but to provide a simple overview of all available medical, surgical, and interventional treatment options in a current vascular department. Thanks to the key points and to the clear illustrations, the editors have reached this aim; this makes "Comprehensive Vascular and Endovascular Surgery" a good reference guide for young vascular fellows and residents." Acta Chirurgica Belgica, August 2010