2nd Edition

Fundamentals of Phlebology: Venous Disease for Clinicians

By Helane S Fronek Copyright 2007
    108 Pages 58 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    112 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Venous disorders, while generally not life-threatening, affect millions worldwide, causing pain, disability and negatively impacting the lives of sufferers. Enormous advances have been made recently in treatments, providing minimally invasive solutions, increasing rates of success, low rates of morbidity and better care for a greater number of patients. 

    With contributions from experts in a number of specialties, this highly practical guide provides an understanding of the pathophysiology of venous disease and authoritative information on management, and details of all the current treatment options available to physicians. The new techniques and skills described in this book afford patients with venous disease healthier and more productive lives.

    The Fundamentals of Phlebology is a valuable resource for all those involved in the field, including physicians from a variety of specialties, including dermatology, vascular surgery, and interventional radiology, also also for nursing staff, ultrasonographers, allied health professionals, and scientists.

    The Editor, Helane Fronek MD, is a Fellow of the American College of Phlebology and the American College of Physicians, and has specialized since 1986 in the field of Phlebology, recently recognised by both the American Medical Association and American Ossteopathic Association as a distinct medical specialty field.

    Contributing authors
    Foreword by John Bergan
    Preface
    1. Venous anatomy and pathophysiology
    2. Evaluation of the patient with venous disease
    3. Conservative therapy for venous disease
    4. Principles of the treatment of superficial venous disease
    5. Sclerosing solutions
    6. Sclerotherapy of telangiectasias and reticular veins
    7. Technique for schlerosing varicose veins
    8. Complications of sclerotherapy
    9. Treatment of leg telangiectasias with lasers and high-intensity pulsed light
    10. Endovenous thermal ablation in the management of varicose veins
    11. Surgery for varicose veins
    12. Ambulatory phlebectomy
    13. Anesthesia for phlebological surgery in the office
    14. Venous leg ulcers: modern evaluation and management
    15. Thrombosis and thrombophlebitis
    16. CEAP classification of venous disorders
    17. Setting up a phlebology practice
    18. About the American College of Phlebology
    Index

    Biography

    Helane Fronek MD FACP FACPh
    San Diego, California, USA and Past President of the American College of Phlebology