Completely revised and updated, this virtual encyclopedia of vascular procedures offers details on traditional and alternative approaches with step-by-step illustrations that show the best routes to underlying anatomy. It addresses indications, preoperative diagnostic testing, and complications, and offers new coverage of endovascular procedures.
"Succeeds admirably...Reference to this atlas will be made time and again by the surgeon." (Journal of Vascular Surgery, review of 1st Edition)
New to this edition
- 375 outstanding illustrations—including intraoperative photos as well as crisp drawings by a skilled medical illustrator—make the most important steps of every technique easy to understand and reproduce.
Key Features
· A completely new section on endovascular surgery describes how to perform today's full range of minimally invasive procedures.· New section introductions present information on diagnosis, indications, and complications—particularly useful to surgeons who are practicing in a managed care environment.· Updated discussions of traditional procedures reflect the results of the newest research in the field.
Author Information
By Christopher K. Zarins, MD, Walter Clifford and Elsa Rooney Chidester Professorship in Surgery, Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA and Bruce L. Gewertz, MD, The Dallas P. Phemister Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Section I Aortic Arch and Extracranial Cerebrovascular Procedures1. Carotid Endarterectomy2. Carotid Endarterectomy Using an Intraluminal Shunt3. Kinked Carotid4. Coiled Carotid5. Management of Recurrent Carotid Artery Stenosis6. Fibromuscular Dysplasia of the Internal Carotid Artery7. Subclavian External Carotid Bypass8. External Carotid Endarterectomy9. External Carotid Endarterectomy with a Patch10. Subclavian Artery Revascularization11. Carotid Subclavian Bypass 12. Vertebral Revascularization13. Innominate Endarterectomy and BypassSection II Treatment of Aneurysmal Disease1.Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms2. Endovascular Aneurysm repaira. Coil Embolization of Internal Iliac Artery b. Preservation of the Internal Iliac Artery c. Iliac and Femoral Artery Closure 3. Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms 4. Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms 5. Peripheral Aneurysms Section IV Renal Vascularization1. Left Renal Revascularization 2. Right Renal Revascularization 3. Hepatorenal and Splenorenal Bypass 4. Bench Surgery for Renal Artery Stenosis 5. Renal Revascularization in Association with Aortic Procedures Section V Mesenteric Revascularizati1. Superior Mesenteric Artery Embolectomy 2. Retrograde Celiac and Superior Mesenteric Bypass 3. Antegrade Celiac and Superior Mesenteric Bypass 4. Aortomesenteric Endarterectomy 5. Superior Mesenteric Artery Endarterectomy Section VI Peripheral Occlusive Disease1. Aortofemoral Bypass 2. Aortofemoral Bypass End-to-Side Proximal Anastomosis 3. Axillofemoral Bypas 4. Reversed Saphenous Vein Femoropopliteal Bypass 5. Femoral Posterior Tibial In Situ Saphenous Vein Bypass 6. Femoral Anterior Tibial Bypass 7. Femoral Anterior Tibial Bypass 8. Femoroperoneal Bypass—Medial Approach 9. Femoroperoneal Bypass—Lateral Approach 10. Femoral Proximal Popliteal Bypass Section VII Reoperative Surgery and Complications 1. Aortoduodenal Fistula 2. Infected Aortofemoral Bypass Graft 3. Femoral Pseudoaneurysm 4. Vein Graft Thrombosis 5. Revision of Distal Anastomosis 6. Replacement of Saphenous Vein Bypass with a Prosthetic Graft
"A technical handbook that students of vascular surgery, be they house officers, general surgeons, or established vascular surgeons, will find helpful in their daily practice of the craft of vascular surgery...An excellent basic surgical atlas...Worth the investment and should be included in the vascular surgeon's library."—Archives of SurgeryFeaturing large, clear b&w drawings on full-page plates demonstrating the procedure described, as well as intraoperative photos, this atlas is an excellent resource for surgeons.SciTech Book News, September 2005