Vascular Surgery

This second edition of a very successful vascular surgery text was developed in order to address significant changes that have occurred in contemporary vascular surgery and to highlight new information that has developed regarding vascular imaging, interventional and endovascular procedures. The overall length of the text is slightly shorter than the first edition with relevant core chapters being retained to emphasize the basic science nature of the text, with approximately 60% of the material undergoing major revisions or being new chapters. The significant change from the first text is an emphasis on vascular pathology and physiology that is relevant to current practice including information that is currently included on the vascular board examinations. A new emphasis on endovascular therapies has been added by including five chapters on endovascular techniques and an additional section with six chapters comparing conventional vascular reconstruction to endovascular methods. These new chapters address the most important issue in contemporary vascular surgery, i.e., the role of endovascular methods in treating vascular lesions and the impact that this has on training and credentialing. A unique aspect of this book differentiating it from other texts is a comparison of conventional methods with the endovascular techniques. Overall the text provides a comprehensive perspective of contemporary vascular surgery and future perspectives. The authors are preeminent in the field and are most capable for addressing the assigned topics with the goals being to provide an updated and forward looking text that accommodates the needs of practicing and training vascular surgeons.

This second edition of a very successful vascular surgery text wasdeveloped in order to address significant changes that haveoccurred in contemporary vascular surgery and to highlight newinformation that has developed regarding vascular imaginginterventional and endovascular procedures. The overall length ofthe text is slightly shorter than the first edition with relevantcore chapters being retained to emphasize the basic science natureof the text, with approximately 60% of the material undergoingmajor revisions or being new chapters.The significant change from the first text is an emphasis onvascular pathology and physiology that is relevant to currentpractice including information that is currently included on thevascular board examinations. A new emphasis on endovasculartherapies has been added by including five chapters on endovasculartechniques and an additional section with six chapters comparingconventional vascular reconstruction to endovascular methods. Thesenew chapters address the most important issue in contemporaryvascular surgery, i.e., the role of endovascular methods intreating vascular lesions and the impact that this has on trainingand credentialing. A unique aspect of this book differentiating itfrom other texts is a comparison of conventional methods with theendovascular techniques.Overall the text provides a comprehensive perspective ofcontemporary vascular surgery and future perspectives. The authorsare preeminent in the field and are most capable for addressing theassigned topics with the goals being to provide an updated andforward looking text that accommodates the needs of practicing andtraining vascular surgeons.