Rich’s Vascular Trauma - Hardcover

Norman Rich; Kenneth Mattox; Asher Hirshberg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0721640710 ISBN 13: 9780721640716

Publisher: Saunders, 2004

Synopsis

The long-awaiting New Edition of this masterwork delivers comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the management of injuries to both the upper and lower extremities and to the internal organs. Two new editors and a completely new team of contributors describe all of the innovations in the field, including new diagnostic modalities and interventional techniques.

• Covers all aspects of the field, from initial care and diagnostic options through specific injuries and special problems to complications

• Only book on Vascular Trauma which emphasizes the current management of civilian vascular injuries with an historical reflection of pioneering contributions from the battle field.
• Offers the perspectives of two new editors.
• Reflects the latest information in the field with all of the chapters completely rewritten by new contributing authors.
• 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.
• Discusses all of today's hottest topics including diagnosis of vascular trauma · imaging and interventional radiology · minimal vascular injuries · special problems · endovascular grafts · iatrogenic vascular trauma · illicit street drugs and vascular injury · compartment syndromes · and more.

With 44 contributing experts

About this title

Book Description:

Examines operative techniques and "damage control" for vascular traumas

About the Author:

Norman M. Rich, MD, USUHS, Department of Surgery, Chairman(1977-2002), Leonard Heaton and David Packard Professor; Kenneth L. Mattox, MD, Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Chief of Staff, Chief of Surgery, BenTaub General Hospital, Houston, TX; and Asher Hirshberg, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Director of Vascular Surgery, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, TX

About this edition

• Publisher: Saunders
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0721640710
• ISBN 13: 9780721640716
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 704