This volume provides a concise and up to date resource that directly addresses the needs of general surgeons who perform vascular surgery by focusing on the diagnosis and clinical management of common vascular conditions. The volume is divided into sections on arterial disease, venous disease, vascular trauma, and vascular access. Chapters on arterial disease outline the management and surgical techniques for the treatment of acute limb ischemia, compartment syndrome, and diabetic foot infections. Chronic arterial disease is addressed in chapters devoted to the management of claudication, critical limb ischemia, and lower extremity amputation. The section on vascular trauma emphasizes surgical intervention for blood vessel injuries that occur in the neck, abdomen, and extremity. Vascular access chapters deal with the technical aspects and potential complications of temporary venous access catheters and permanent arteriovenous access for hemodialysis. More complex vascular topics are also covered with chapters that are shorter in length and focused on the diagnosis and a broad understanding of treatment options.

Essentials of Vascular Surgery for the General Surgeon is the first of its kind to accurately mirror the SCORE curriculum for vascular disease as a patient care topic in general surgery training, acting as a one stop information source that general surgery trainees can turn to as a clinical reference and as a study guide for general surgery in service exams and board.

Vivian Gahtan, MD
Lloyd Rogers Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Services, SUNY Upstate Medical University, VA Health Care Network Upstate New York at Syracuse, Syracuse, NY, USA

Michael J. Costanza, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Endovascular Services, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Vascular Surgeon, VA Health Care Network Upstate New York at Syracuse
Syracuse, NY, USA

Part I. Basics of Vascular Surgery

Chap 1 Diagnosis and imaging
Ali F. AbuRahma and Patrick A. Stone

Chap 2 Surgical and endovascular technique and tools
Eanas S. Yassa and Jeffrey P. Carpenter

Part II. Acute Arterial Disease

Chap 3 Peripheral arterial thrombosis/emboli
Amy B Reed and Faisal Aziz

Chap 4 Compartment syndrome
Col. (Retired) Mark W. Bowyer

Chap 5 Diabetic foot infection
Richard F, Neville, Afsoon D. Roberts, and Gary L. Simon

Part III. Chronic Arterial Disease

Chap 6 PAD and claudication
Hasan H Dosluoglu and Purandath Lall

Chap 7  Critical limb ischemia
Michael A. Golden and Brant W. Ullery

Chap 8  Lower extremity amputations
Jason T. Chiriano and Ahmed M. Abou-Zamzam Jr.

Part IV. Venous Disease

Chap 9  Deep venous thrombosis
Anthony J. Comerota and Hussein Barayan

Chap 10 Superficial thrombophlebitis
Anil Hingorani and Enrico Ascher

Chap 11 Chronic venous insufficiency
Kathleen J. Ozsvath

Chap 12 Varicose veins
Jennifer A. Heller

Chap 13 Inferior vena cava filters
Ellen D. Dillavou and Misaki M. Kiguchi

Part V. Vascular Trauma

Chap 14 Vascular injuries in the neck
Mathew Adam Schechter, Patrick Joshua OBrien, and Mitchell W. Cox

Chap 15 Vascular injuries in the abdomen
Sarah M. Wartman and Vincent L. Rowe

Chap 16 Extremity vascular injuries
Todd. E. Rasmussen and Joseph J. DuBose

Part VI. Vascular Access

Chap 17 Temporary venous catheters
Kwame Amankwah

Chap 18 Arteriovenous hemodialysis access
Anjuli Cherukuri and Vivian Gahtan

Chap 19 Access complications
Chinenye O. Iwuchukwu and Michael Costanza

Part VII. Complex Vascular Surgery Topics

Chap 20 Arterial occlusive disease: carotid, mesenteric, renal
Carlos H. Timaran

Chap 21 Aortic pathology:  AAA, dissection, traumatic transection
David Neshcis, Marshall E. Benjamin, Justin Nelms, and William R. Flinn

Chap 22 Non-atherosclerotic vascular disease:  vasculitis, popliteal entrapment, hypercoaguable
Linda M. Harris and James Lukan

Chap 23 Surgical and endovascular complications: infection, hemorrhage
Mark G. Davies