Vascular Emergencies

✍ Scribed by Alain Branchereau, Michael Jacobs, Editors

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 324
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Approximately 40% of vascular surgical practices are determined by vascular emergencies, hence a major volume on this subject is a valuable addition to the literature. As a multi-contributor project, this text is able to draw on the expertise of a wide number of internationally renowned practitioners, providing a comprehensive compilation of urgent and emergency vascular problems, the majority of which will be applicable to every vascular surgical practice.The text provides extensive coverage of the more common vascular pathologies such as acute limb ischemia, venous emergencies and arterial occlusion, while also devoting considerable space to less frequent, yet equally challenging situations, such as blunt trauma of the carotid artery and stab wounds to the base of the neck. A number of new insights are provided, for example, the utility of endovascular approaches to the rupture of the abdominal aorta as opposed to the traditional surgical intervention. Authors also explore the contribution of underlying pathologies such as peripheral aneurysms and diabetes to emergency situations. A range of surgical, endovascular and thrombolytic therapies are covered, alongside an appreciation of the wider bioethical concerns relevant to vascular emergencies.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 12
Contributors......Page 6
Foreword......Page 10
1. Bioethical concerns in vascular emergencies......Page 14
2. Urgent carotid surgery......Page 26
3. Blunt injury to the carotid and vertebral arteries......Page 40
4. Penetrating injury to the blood vessels of the neck and mediastinum......Page 52
5. Acute abdominal aortic occlusion......Page 62
6. Has mortality rate for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm changed over the last 50 years?......Page 68
7. Ruptured AAA: should endovascular treatment be the first choice?......Page 74
8. Urgent open surgery after endovascular AAA repair......Page 84
9. Acute complications following laparoscopic surgery......Page 94
10. Acute type B aortic dissection: surgical indications and strategy......Page 100
11. Endovascular treatment of aortic type B dissection......Page 112
12. Traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta......Page 120
13. Acute occlusion of the renal arteries......Page 138
14. Acute intestinal ischemia......Page 150
15. Rupture of splanchnic artery aneurysms......Page 162
16. The abdominal compartment syndrome......Page 170
17. Acute thrombosis of iliocaval veins......Page 178
18. Acute subclavian-axillary vein thrombosis......Page 186
19. Aortocaval fistula......Page 194
20. Traumatic injury of the vena cava and its major branches......Page 206
21. Acute ischemia of the upper limb......Page 220
22. Acute complications of arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis......Page 230
23. Gunshot and explosive projectile vascular injuries......Page 244
24. Endovascular treatment of blunt injury of the limbs......Page 260
25. Rare causes of acute ischemia of the limbs......Page 266
26. Acute arterial thrombosis of the lower limbs......Page 274
27. Arterial emboli of the lower limbs......Page 288
28. Acute thrombolysis of peripheral arterial aneurysms......Page 294
29. Endovascular approach to acute arterial occlusions......Page 300
30. Thrombolysis for occlusion of bypass grafts......Page 308
31. Acute problems of the diabetic foot......Page 314