2nd Edition

Complications in Vascular Surgery

Edited By Jonathan B. Towne, Larry H. Hollier Copyright 2004

    Substantially revised to reflect the most recent surgical techniques and practices, this reference describes the most effective strategies to prevent, identify, and manage complications in vascular surgery-guiding surgeons through patient selection; instances of entrapment, malpositioning, and rupture; emerging endovascular treatments; and specific device-related complications.

    Pitfalls of Noninvasive Vascular Testing Dennis F. Bandyk Cardiopulmonary Complications Related to Vascular Surgery W. Darrin Clouse and David C. Brewster Renal Failure and Fluid Shifts Following Vascular Surgery Gregory J. Cherr and Kimberly J. Hansen Intimal Hyperplasia: The Mechanisms and Treatment of the Response to Arterial Injury Michael J. Englesbe and Alexander W. Clowes The Healing Characteristics, Durability, and Long-Term Complications of Vascular Prostheses Glenn C. Hunter and David A. Bull Anastomatic Aneurysyms Gary M. Jacobs and Alexander D. Shepard Hypercoaguable States and Unexplained Vascular Graft Thrombosis Jonathan B. Towne Complications and Failures of Anticoagulant and Antithrombotic Therapy John R. Hoch Gastrointestinal and Visceral Ischemic Complications of Aortic Reconstruction Daniel J. Reddy and Hector Dourron Spinal Cord Ischemia Alfio Carroccio, Nicholas J. Morrissey, and Larry H. Hollier Impotence Following Aortic Surgery Richard Kempczinski Complications Following Reconstructions of the Pararenal Aorta and Its Branches Kenneth J. Cherry Complications of Modern Renal Revascularization Jeffery D. Cardneau and Louis M. Messina The Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Bifurcation Graft Limb Occlusions Mark T. Eginton and Robert A. Cambria Problems Related to Extra-Anatomic Bypass Including Axillofemoral, Femorofemoral, Obturator, and Thoracofemoral Bypasses Kyle Mueller and William H. Pearce

    Biography

    Jonathan B. Towne, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA. Larry H. Hollier, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York.

    "…an indispensable book that is excellently written, well edited, and comprehensive."
    -Journal of Vascular Surgery