- Emphasizes the current management of civilian vascular injuries with an historical reflection of pioneering contributions from the battlefield.
- Combines the largest existing database of military vascular trauma with the experience of one of the nation's premier civilian trauma centers.
- Examines operative techniques and "damage control" for vascular traumas.
Published in association with the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), the newly updated edition of Rich's Vascular Trauma draws on civilian and military authorities from around the world to offer comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the management of vascular injury. Anatomic patterns of vascular trauma including extremity, torso and cervical injury are reviewed in detail, including the latest techniques to manage non-compressible torso hemorrhage. You'll have access to all of the current innovations across the broad spectrum of vascular trauma, presented in a well-organized fashion that allows you to quickly hone-in on the most important issues in patient care and management.
Key Features
- Emphasizes the current management of civilian vascular injuries with an historical reflection of pioneering contributions from the battlefield.
- Combines the largest existing database of military vascular trauma with the experience of one of the nation's premier civilian trauma centers.
- Examines operative techniques and "damage control" for vascular traumas.
| ISBN | 9780323359115 |
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| Author Information | Edited by Todd E Rasmussen, MD, FACS, Colonel USAF MC, Director, U.S. Combat Casualty Care Research Program, Fort Detrick, Maryland; Harris B Shumacker, Jr. Professor of Surgery, The Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Attending Vascular & Trauma Surgeon, Veterans Administration Medical Center & University of Maryland, Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland and Nigel R M Tai, QHS, MS, FRCS(Gen), Colonel, L/RAMC, Clinical Director, Trauma Services, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; Senior Lecturer, Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Consultant Surgeon, 16 Medical Regiment, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom |
| Table of Content | SECTION 1: Background 1 The Vascular Injury Legacy 2 Epidemiology of Vascular Injury 3 Systems of Care in the Management of Vascular Injury 4 Pathophysiology of Vascular Trauma SECTION 2: Diagnosis and Early Management 5 Diagnosis of Vascular Injury 6 Imaging for the Evaluation and Treatment of Vascular Trauma 7 Damage Control and Immediate Resuscitation for Vascular Trauma 8 Vascular Disruption and Noncompressible Torso Hemorrhage SECTION 3: Definitive Management 9 Cardiac, Great Vessel, and Pulmonary Injuries 10 Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury 11 Abdominal Aortic Trauma, Iliac and Visceral Vessel Injuries 12 Inferior Vena Cava, Portal, and Mesenteric Venous Systems 13 Neck and Thoracic Outlet 14 Upper Extremity and Junctional Zone Injuries 15 Lower Extremity Vascular Trauma SECTION 4: Hot Topics in Vascular Injury and Management 16 Damage Control: Prehospital Care of the Patient With Vascular Injury 17 Surgical Damage Control and Temporary Vascular Shunts 18 Damage Control: Considerations for Vascular Conduit in the Repair of Vascular Injury 19 Endovascular Management of Acute Vascular Injury 20 Pediatric Vascular Injury 21 Inferior Vena Cava Filters 22 Soft-Tissue and Skeletal Wound Management in the Setting of Vascular Injury 23 Vascular Surgery in the Austere Environment 24 Vascular Trauma: Training the Surgeon of the Future SECTION 5: International Perspectives 25 Australia and New Zealand 26 Asia: Sri Lanka 27 Europe: Croatia 28 Scandinavia and Northern Europe 29 Europe: Russia 30 Europe: Serbia 31 Vascular Trauma in Israel 32 South Africa 33 Vascular Trauma in Latin America 34 Implications of Vascular Trauma in Brazil |
| Publication Date | 15-04-2015 |
| Pages | 704 |
| deltacomm1code | Electronic Book |
