Management of Chronic Lower Limb Ischemia

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2000
Hodder Arnold (Verlag)
978-0-340-75956-1 (ISBN)

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Lower extremity arterial reconstruction has improved dramatically in the 1990s and this book focuses on these areas. It opens with an historical overview and then covers preoperative considerations. The section which deals with surgical technique includes angioplasty and prosthetic bypass.

Preservation and reconstruction of the ischemic leg presents vascular surgeons with one of the most complex and difficult challenges. The vast majority of patients with this condition are diabetic and have advanced multisystem problems which complicate their case significantly. Lower extremity arterial reconstruction has improved dramatically in the last ten years and the book addresses and focuses on these areas.'Management of Chronic Lower Limb Ischemia opens with an historical overview and then covers preoperative considerations. A main component of the book deals with surgical technique and includes angioplasty, prosthetic bypass, reversed vein bypass, in-situ vein bypass, and complex reconstruction. The latter part of the book discusses graft surveillance, including outcome and results.

The history of infrainguinal bypass
Noninvasive evaluation of lower extremity ischemia
Preoperative vascular imaging
Risk factor assessment and indications for reconstruction
Angioplasty, atherectomy, stenting of infrainguinal arteries
The role of profundaplasty in lower extemity revascularization
Interposition vein cuffs and collars for PTFE grafts
Reverse vein bypass
In situ bypass
Complex reconstruction
Intraoperative graft assessment: angioscopy
duplex scan
angiography
Expected outcome: early results, life table patency, limb salvage
Pathobiology, detection and treatment of vein graft stenosis
Foot complications in diabetics.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.5.2000
Zusatzinfo	72 b/w illus & 7 col illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Herz- / Thorax- / Gefäßchirurgie
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
ISBN-10	0-340-75956-9 / 0340759569
ISBN-13	978-0-340-75956-1 / 9780340759561
Zustand	Neuware