Postgraduate Vascular Surgery: The Candidate's Guide to the FRCS

by Edited by Vish Bhattacharya , Gerard Stansby

• ISBN13: 9780521133524
• ISBN10: 0521133521
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-07
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Postgraduate Vascular Surgery is your concise pocket guide to the FRCS and MRCS exams. Covering the full range of surgical interventions, including diagnosis, management, clinical investigation and treatment, all chapters have been written by specialists in their field. The chapters are structured with key bullet points for easy reference, as well as tables, figures and charts to aid understanding. Relevant references are included for further exploration of a particular topic. Tips and tricks on passing the exam are included. This book is aimed at candidates for the FRCS and intercollegiate MRCS exams, surgical trainees and those following a sub-speciality of vascular surgery.

Author Biography

Vish Bhattacharya is consultant General and vascular Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, UK. Gerard Stansby is Professor of Vascular Surgery, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Final FRCS vascular clinicals
Introduction to the examination and clinical cases	p. 3
Final FRCS vascular topics
Vascular risk factors and their management	p. 37
Management of acute limb ischaemia	p. 49
Chronic lower limb ischaemia, critical ischaemia and the diabetic foot	p. 58
Endovascular and surgical options for peripheral revascularisation	p. 72
Abdominal aortic aneurysms	p. 86
Thoracic, thoracoabdominal and suprarenal aortic aneurysms	p. 99
Aortic dissection	p. 108
Popliteal artery aneurysms	p. 115
Femoral artery aneurysms	p. 123
Carotid, subclavian and vertebral disease	p. 129
Diagnosis and management of thoracic outlet syndrome	p. 146
Diagnosis and management of hyperhidrosis	p. 152
Chronic mesenteric ischaemia	p. 156
Acute ischaemic colitis	p. 164
Vascular trauma	p. 172
Indications and management of lower limb amputation	p. 183
Leg swelling and lymphoedema	p. 195
Varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency	p. 204
Management of deep vein thrombosis	p. 220
Infection in vascular surgery	p. 229
Vascular malformations	p. 242
Vasospastic disorders and vasculitis	p. 254
Critical care considerations and preoperative assessment for general and vascular surgery	p. 272
Access surgery	p. 288
Basic outline of solid organ transplantation	p. 298
Index	p. 317
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