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Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice

  • 7th Edition - July 5, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Ian Loftus, Robert J. Hinchliffe
  • Language: English

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery provides a short, up-to-date and practical reference guide for surgical trainees and established consultants needing a refresher… Read more

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Description

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery provides a short, up-to-date and practical reference guide for surgical trainees and established consultants needing a refresher.

The seventh edition has been edited and fully revised by respected experts in their fields, and provides a full list of current references and relevant resources. It presents the main clinical updates from recent years in this evolving specialty, including new clinical trial data for aneurysm repair, lower limb revascularisation and venous interventions.

This volume is part of the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series, the pre-eminent reference for trainees in general surgery and those preparing for the FRCS examinations. Each volume summarises key issues within each surgical sub-specialty and provides evidence-based recommendations to support practice.

Key features

  • Concise and easy to follow – ideal for exam revision or as a refresher aid
  • Fully updated with latest evidence on recent developments, management issues and operative procedures
  • Provides an evidence-based rationale for contemporary clinical practice and guidelines in controversial areas of vascular surgical practice
  • Details of relevant investigations and evidence-based recommendations to support practice
  • Key references to support content, plus a comprehensive list of references in the accompanying eBook
  • Links to recommended online videos for further learning

Readership

Higher surgical trainees preparing for the FRCS examinations. Surgical residents preparing for the board exams in specific specialties. Students wishing to progress from Specialty Training (ST)1 through to ST3 need to pass their MRCS exams. Once these have been completed and their place in a surgical post secured they then go on to working on the necessary skills to pass the FRCS exam. This exam marks the completion of 6 years of higher surgical training. This series is designed primarily for those studying for the FRCS, but those still working on their MRCS exams will also find these useful

Table of contents

1. Epidemiological risk factors for PAD, risk stratification and risk factor management

2. Assessment of chronic limb ischaemia

3. Medical treatment of chronic lower limb ischaemia

4. Intervention for chronic lower limb ischaemia

5. The diabetic foot

6. Amputation, rehabilitation & prosthetic developments

7. Revision vascular intervention

8. management of the acute lower limb

9. Vascular trauma

10. Extracranial cerebrovascular disease

11. Vascular disorders of the upper limb

12. Primary and secondary vasopastic disorders (Raynaud's phenomenon) and vasculitis

13. Peripheral and abdominal aortic aneurysms

14. Thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic disease

15. Renal and visceral arterial disease

16. Central venous and diaylsis access

17. Varicose veins

18. Chronic leg swelling

19. The acutely swollen leg

20. Vascular anomalies

Product details

  • Edition: 7
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 9, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

IL

Ian Loftus

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Vascular Surgery, St George's Vascular Institute and Reader, St George's, University of London, UK

RH

Robert J. Hinchliffe

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Vascular Surgery and Honorary Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Bristol Centre for Surgical Research, Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Bristol, UK