Upper Extremity and Vascular Access (Modern Trends in Vascular Surgery)

Upper Extremity and Vascular Access covers a range of topics that pertain to hemodialysis access and the upper extremities. The book is divided into six sections: (1) history of the symposium; (2) the creation of hemodialysis access ranging from preoperative evaluation to new graft design and concluding with a chapter on dialysis access coding and billing; (3) the management of hemodialysis access complications with chapters that discuss difficult decision-making with complex patients; (4) issues related to upper extremity catheters in the venous and arterial systems; (5) upper extremity compression syndromes including thoracic outlet syndrome; (6) management of upper extremity trauma and both open surgical approaches and endovascular options.

Tadaki M. Tomita, MD, is Assistant Professor of Surgery (Vascular Surgery), Professor of Radiology and Cardiology and Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.Mark K. Eskandari, MD, is the James S.T. Yao Professor of Vascular Surgery and Professor of Surgery, Radiology, and Medical Education. He is also Chief and Program Director, Division of Vascular Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.