RICH.S VASCULAR TRAUMA (DIGITAL VERSION INCLUDED)

DESCRIPTION

For more than40 years, Rich'sVascular Trauma has been surgeons #1 reference for the diagnosis and treatment ofvascular injury in both civilian and militarysettings across the globe. The fully updated 4th Edition reflects recent changes in vascular injury patterns, wounds, and trauma care, drawing from currentresearch and a wide variety ofpeer-reviewed publications to keep youup to date with the latest evidence-based management strategies and techniques. Written and edited by vascular surgeons who are also trauma specialistscivilian and militaryexperts who have proficiency in both open-surgical and endovascular techniquesthis must-have referenceoffers a global perspectiveon every aspect of thebroad spectrum of vascular trauma. 

·       Covers all vascularsurgery procedures required to stop hemorrhage and restore perfusion in vessels in the limbs, junctional areas, torso and neck, including damage control techniques such as shunting, and endovascular techniques such as REBOA and stenting. 

·       Addresses pre-hospital, emergency department, surgical, and endovascular stages of treatmentin developed, austere and deployed settings,including a rich section on vascular trauma in multiple international settings that providesimportant context for the global surgical community. 

·       Includes nine new chapters covering prehospital management, endovascular suites, stent-grafts,  selective aortic arch perfusion, extracorporeal systems and gathering evidencein vascular trauma, and more. 

·       Presents surgical techniques in step-by-step, highlyillustrated detail, as well as high level, strategic decision-making such as the logisticsof setting up an endovascular trauma service. 

·       Includes a new, rapidlydigestible "Tips andTricks" section summarizinghow to execute essential vascular maneuvers and management steps to ensurethat patients get the best outcomes. 

·       Emphasizes the current management of civilianvascular injuries while drawingupon the best available evidence, experience, and lessons learned from Afghanistan, Iraq, and theurban battlefield. 

·       Contains an innovative chapteron the systems approach and quality improvement invascular trauma, offering informationand tactics for all providerswishing to understand how clinical systems underpin patient outcome and recovery. 

·       Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you toaccess all of the text,figures, and references from the bookon a variety of devices. 

Edited by Todd E Rasmussen,MD, FACS, Colonel USAF MC, Director, U.S. CombatCasualty Care Research Program,Fort Detrick, Maryland;Harris B Shumacker, Jr. Professorof Surgery, The Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, UniformedServices University of the Health Sciences,Bethesda, Maryland; Attending Vascular & Trauma Surgeon, Veterans Administration Medical Center& University ofMaryland, Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland and Nigel R M Tai, QHS, MS, FRCS(Gen), Colonel, L/RAMC, Clinical Director, TraumaServices, Royal London Hospital, BartsHealth NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; Senior Lecturer, Academic Department of MilitarySurgery and Trauma, RoyalCentre for DefenceMedicine, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Consultant Surgeon, 16 Medical Regiment, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1      TheVascular Injury Legacy
2      Epidemiology of Vascular Trauma
3      Systems of Care in the Management of Vascular Injury
4      Training Paradigms for Vascular Trauma
5       PrehospitalManagement of Vascular Injury
6       Damage Control and Immediate Resuscitationfor Vascular Trauma
7       Diagnosis ofVascular Injury
8       Imaging for the Evaluation and Treatment ofVascular Trauma
9       EndovascularSuites and the Emergency Vascular Service
10     Stentgrafts, Coils and Plugs
11     Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of theAorta (REBOA)
12     Endovascular Variable Aortic Control (EVAC)
13     Selective Aortic Arch Perfusion(SAAP)
14     Extracorporeal Systems for Injury andShock
15     Gathering the Evidence: ClinicalStudy of New Technologies
16     Cardiac, Great Vessel, and PulmonaryInjuries
17     Blunt ThoracicAortic Injury
18     Abdominal Aortic Trauma, Iliac and Visceral Vessel Injuries
19     Inferior Vena Cava, Portal, andMesenteric Venous Systems
20     Neck andThoracic Outlet
21     Upper Extremityand Junctional Zone Injuries
22     Lower Extremity Vascular Trauma
23     Surgical Damage Control and Temporary Vascular Shunts
24     Considerations for Conduit Repairof Vascular Injury
25     Management of Pediatric Vascular Injury
26     Soft-Tissueand Skeletal Wound Management in the Setting of Vascular Injury
27     Vascular Surgery in the Austere Environment
28     Australia and New Zealand
29     Sri Lanka
30     Croatia
30     Finland
31     Qatar
31     Sweden
32     Russia
33     Serbia
34     Israel
35     South Africa
36     Colombia
37     Brazil
         Index andfront matter
         ClinicalPearls