Wylie's atlas of vascular surgery:Basic considerations and techniques/ Ronald J.Stoney,David J. Effeney illustrations by Ted Bloodhart

includes index

Rev.ed. of portions of the 2v.ed. of Manual Of Vascular Surgery

Atherosclerosis - arteries, natural history, aneurysms, basic hemodynamics, collateral circulation; clinical assessment; noninvasive laboratory tests; vascular imaging techniques; arteriography - cerebrovascular disease, thoracoabdominal aorta, translumbar angiography; integrating clinical findings; therapeutic objectives; designing a vascular operation - exposure, retraction, dissection of arteries, arterial controll, external assessment of luminal pathology, clamps; techniques of vascular surgery - thromboendartectomy, bypass grafting, "Inflow", "Conduit", procuring autogenous grafts, "Outflow", repairing arterial wounds, constructing arterial anastomes, preventing intraoperative thrombosis, selecting prosthetic graft size, thrombectomy and embolectomy, conclusion.

The first of six volumes comprising a compilation of evolving principles and methodology of vascular surgery developed at UCSF. They provide analyses of the fundamental problems in each topic, coupled with details of management and solutions. This volume covers basic considerations and techniques.