Vascular Surgery

Linda Hands, Associate Professor, Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford; Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford; Honorary Consultant SurgeonMatt Thompson, Professor of Vascular Surgery, Head of Vascular and Cardiac Research Centre, St George's, London.

This is a very useful handbook for trainees to take with them whenever they are taking care of a vascular patient. The short paragraphs and bulleted lists make each section a fast read. Procedures are described in a step-by-step fashion, which facilitates preparing and dictating for the case. The handbook also covers perioperative management of vascular patients, which helps trainees in preventing and managing complications.

• 1. Arterial and venous disease ; 2. Arterial history and examination ; 3. Venous history and examination ; 4. Investigation of arterial and venous disease ; 5. non-operative treatment of arterial and venous infection ; 6. Management of complex leg ulcers and infection ; 7. Perioperative management of ischaemic heart disease ; 8. Anaesthesia for vascular surgery ; 9. Managing coagulation and bleeding ; 10. Infection prophylaxis and treatment ; 11. Graft material in bypass grafting ; 12. Techniques of vascular surgery ; 13. Aortic surgery ; 14. Infrainguinal revascularisation ; 15. Lower limb amputation ; 16. Vascular surgery of head and arm ; 17. Surgical revascularisation of kidneys ; 18. Revascularisation of the gut ; 19. Extra-anatomic bypass grafts ; 20. Vascular Trauma ; 21. Venous surgery ; 22. The future of vascular surgery