Vascular Surgery: Cases, Questions and Commentaries / Edition 3

by George Geroulakos, Bauer Sumpio

Overview

This updated and revised third edition of Vascular Surgery: Cases, Questions and Commentaries provides a unique collection of real-life case histories, written by experts, that highlights the diversity of problems encountered in vascular surgery. With an international panel of contributors, many of whom are also examiners on the UK, European or American Boards in Vascular Surgery, this book familiarizes the reader quickly with day-to-day clinical practice. Case studies are presented in question-and-answer format and have been widely referenced to reassure the reader that their contents are established best practice. Most cases are accompanied by multiple x-rays or color illustrations for visual clarity. This book serves as a teaching resource for vascular trainees or practitioners who are reviewing for the oral board exam or practitioners who wish to refresh their expertise with an interactive source of information. It also provides established practitioners the wherewithal to review the current standards of practice in vascular surgery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447157380
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	10/01/2014
Edition description:	3rd ed. 2011
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.05(d)

About the Author

George Geroulakos, MD FRCS DIC PhD is the President of the Section of Vascular Medicine at the Royal Society of Medicine, a Consultant Vascular Surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital and a Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London, UK. Bauer Sumpio, MD PhD FACS is Professor of Vascular Surgery and Diagnostic Radiology and Chief of Vascular Surgery at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

Table of Contents

Arterial aneurysms
Acute ischaemia
Management of chronic ischaemia of the lower extremities
Surgery of the major branches of the infradiaphragmatic aorta
Management of portal hypertension
Management of extracranial cerebrovascular disease
Neurovascular conditions of the upper extremity
Prevention and management of complications of arterial vascular surgery
Vascular access
Amputations
Management of venous disorders
Lymphoedema

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews of the third edition:

“This outstanding third edition covers a wide variety of vascular disease topics in a case presentation format. … The intended audience includes vascular surgeons and vascular trainees, but the book is also a valuable reference for any surgery resident, cardiologist, cardiothoracic surgeon and/or interventionalist … . well-written book offers a valuable method for learning and reviewing the major topics in vascular surgery. … updated and well-referenced approach to the full spectrum of options for the management of vascular disease in all the clinical scenarios presented.” (Manuel Garcia-Toca, Doody’s Review Service, August, 2011)

From the Publisher

Reviewer: Katherine Brown, DO (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)
Description: This second edition covers the basic topics in vascular surgery by engaging readers with a case presentation format. Each patient case is presented with pertinent data and images, followed by questions testing the reader's knowledge base and clinical decision making as it pertains to each case scenario. The commentary at the completion of each scenario allows readers to compare their answers with those of the authors while offering current references for each topic.
Purpose: The purpose, as stated by the authors, is to provide a book for board review for vascular trainees as well as an "interactive source" for vascular surgeons to "refresh or expand their knowledge." Undoubtedly, there is a place for such a resource in the vascular surgery literature. The authors were able to achieve their objectives in providing a current and engaging resource covering a broad spectrum of vascular surgery topics.
Audience: The authors suggest that the intended audience includes both vascular surgeons and vascular trainees. In addition, the book could be a valuable resource for surgical residents. The authors are credible authorities.
Features: The book covers most of the major topics in clinical vascular surgery in a case scenario format which makes the text highly readable. Each topic is presented as a tangible clinical situation and the commentary at the conclusion of the chapter states the salient learning points. The angiographic images and the patient images are particularly well placed in the book. There are only a limited number of noninvasive testing, ultrasound, CT angiography, and MRA images; more would have enhanced certain case scenarios. Including algorithms and decision trees may have been helpful in the commentary section. Endoluminal therapy for extracranial occlusive disease and infrainguinal occlusive disease was not discussed and will need to be included in the third edition. This style of book, with case scenarios followed by questions and commentary, lends itself to an electronic format in which the reader could easily link to commentary and references after each question.
Assessment: This well written book offers a valuable method for learning and reviewing the major topics in vascular surgery. Replacement of the first edition with the second is justified because of the different case scenarios, the addition of the topic of vascular access, and the expansion of the chapter on venous problems. Including more scenarios relating to endoluminal therapies for vascular problems would make the book more complete. Lastly, offering an electronic version of would allow readers to link questions to commentary quickly and easily and would make the book even more attractive.

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