Main 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.

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

Current evidence and recommendations on management of aortic aneurysms and the use of drug-eluting technologies for lower limb revascularisation
New and up-to-date information on endovenous techniques
New and expanded information on the medical management of underlying cardiovascular risk factors
Major revisions of chapters on the management of people with vasospastic disorders and amputation

Contents:

1. Epidemiology and risk factor management of peripheral arterial disease

2. Assessment of chronic lower limb ischaemia

3. Medical treatment of chronic lower limb ischaemia

4. Intervention for chronic lower limb ischaemia

5. The diabetic foot

6. Amputation, rehabilitation and prosthetic developments

7. Revision vascular intervention

8. Management of acute lower limb ischaemia

9. Vascular trauma

10. Extracranial cerebrovascular disease

11. Vascular disorders of the upper limb

12. Primary and secondary vasospastic 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 dialysis access

17. Varicose veins

18. Chronic leg swelling

19. The acutely swollen leg

20.Vascular Anomalies