Main description:

Ever since the publication of the first edition in 1997, the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series has met the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants by providing contemporary, evidence-based information on the sub-specialist areas relevant to their general surgical practice. All eight volumes are thoroughly edited and supported by evidence-based references to support key recommendations. This new Fourth Edition brings together the relevant state-of-the-art specialist information that the editors and authors consider important for the practising sub-specialist general surgeon. Purchase of a print book also includes a downloadable version of the eBook.

Contents:

. Epidemiology and risk factor management of peripheral arterial disease
. Assessment of chronic lower limb ischaemia
. Medical treatment of chronic lower limb ischaemia
. Intervention for chronic lower limb ischaemia
. The diabetic foot
. Amputation, rehabilitation and prosthetic developments
. Revision vascular surgery
. Management of acute lower limb ischaemia
. Vascular trauma
. Extracranial cerebrovascular disease
. Vascular disorders of the upper limb
. Primary and secondary vasospastic disorders (Raynaud's phenomenon) and vasculitis
. Peripheral and abdominal aortic aneurysms
. Thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta
. Renal and intestinal vascular disease
. Central venous and dialysis access
. Varicose veins
. Chronic leg swelling
. The acutely swollen leg
. Vascular anomalies
. Index