Vascular surgery : a clinical guide to decision making / edited by Piergiorgio Settembrini and Alberto M. Settembrini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Settembrini, Piergiorgio, editor.

Settembrini, Alberto M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blood-vessels--Surgery.

Blood-vessels.

Surgery--Decision making.

Surgery.

Vascular Surgical Procedures.

Medical Subjects:

Vascular Surgical Procedures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color), photographs (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

London : Academic Press, [2022]

System Details:

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Summary:

"Vascular Surgery: A Clinical Guide to Decision-making is a concise but comprehensive resource for operating vascular surgeons and clinicians. It serves as an essential reference manual, particularly to young vascular surgeons, for consulting the basic scientific knowledge of pathogenesis of various illnesses, as well as how to approach them in a clinical setting. Adopting a translational approach, this book dissects the background of vascular pathology and links it to application in surgical techniques, as well as providing practical tips and tricks for surgical maneuvers"-- publisher's description.

Contents:

Is pathology useful in vascular surgery?

Risk factors and pharmacological therapy in patients with vascular disease

Carotid dissections, aneurysms, and paragangliomas

Carotid artery stenosis: endarterectomy or stenting?

Subclavian, vertebral, and upper limb arteries: a difficult surgical field

Thoracic outlet syndrome: diagnostic and therapeutic update

Introduction

Anatomy

Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome-making the diagnosis

Venous thoracic outlet syndrome-making the diagnosis

Artero-venous fistulas for hemodialysis: surgical and endovascular approaches – How to approach elective and urgent thoracic aortic aneurysms

Aortic dissections: the correct identification and treatment

Thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms: when and how to do it

How to treat aorto-iliac occlusions?

Elective and emergent repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: selection of open or endovascular strategy

Limits to endovascular approaches in aortic disease

Peculiar patterns of aortic pathology: diagnosis and best treatment – Infection of a vascular graft: what and how to amend it?

Renal and visceral vessels lesions: how to manage them

Acute ischemia of the limbs: which is the correct approach?

Iliac-femoropopliteal district: decision-making and current statement: steno-occlusive disease

Iliac-femoropopliteal district: decision-making and current statement: aneurysms and nonatherosclerotic pathology

Below the knee arteries: the why and how of surgical approaches

Below the knee arteries: the why and how of endovascular treatment

Management of the diabetic arteriopathy and diabetic foot

Vascular trauma -– Aneurysmatic degeneration of connective tissue diseases: from diagnosis to treatment -– Vasculitis and arteritis: how to recognize and manage them -– How do I handle deep vein thrombosis and acute pulmonary embolism from A to Z? – Superficial venous system: how it? –- Wound care: how to approach venous, arterial and diabetic ulcers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from table of contents page (Elsevier ClinicalKey, viewed August 2, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: VASCULAR SURGERY.

ISBN:

9780128221518

0128221518

OCLC:

1277140777

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.