Difficult decisions in vascular surgery : an evidence-based approach /: an evidence-based approach. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christopher L. Skelly, Ross Milner, editors.
• Editors: Skelly, Christopher L; Milner, Ross
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Aortic Disease; Chapter 1: In Patients with Acute Type B Aortic Dissection, Do Current Operative Therapies Reduce Complications Compared to Medical Management?; Introduction; Search Strategy; Results; Early Guidelines Summary; Prospective Registry- International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD); Prospective Trials; Guidelines Summary; Recommendations; Personal View of the Data; References; Chapter 2: In Patients with a Chronic Type B Dissection, Does Endovascular Treatment Reduce Long Term Complications?; Introduction. Search Strategy Results; Results for Chronic Complicated Type B Dissections; Results for Chronic Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissections; Recommendations; A Personal View of the Data; References; Chapter 3: In Patients with a Retrograde Type A Aortic Dissection, Does Treatment Like a Type B Aortic Dissection Improve Outcomes?; Introduction; Search Strategy; Results; Clinical Relevance of Type A Aortic Dissections Originating Distal to the Left Subclavian Artery; Spontaneous Type A Retrograde Dissection; Iatrogenic Retrograde Type A Dissections. Risk Factors for Spontaneous Type A Retrograde Dissection Spontaneous Type A Retrograde Dissection; Iatrogenic Type A Retrograde Dissection; Treatment Strategies; Treatment of Spontaneous Type A Retrograde Dissections; Treatment of Iatrogenic Type A Retrograde Dissections; Recommendations; Spontaneous Type A Retrograde Dissection; Iatrogenic Type A Retrograde Dissections; A Personal View of the Data; Spontaneous Type A Retrograde Dissection; Iatrogenic Type A Retrograde Dissection; References; Chapter 4: In Patients with Small AAA, Does Medical Therapy Prevent Growth? Introduction Search Strategy; Results; Medical Therapies; Propranolol; Macrolide Antibiotics; Doxycycline; HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; Aspirin; Exercise; Active Clinical Investigations; Antihypertension; Anti-inflammation; Antiplatelet; Doxycycline; Recommendations; A Personal View of the Data; References; Chapter 5: Challenging AAA Neck Anatomy: Does the Fenestrated or Snorkel/Chimney Technique Improve Mortality and Freedom from Reintervention Relative to Open Repair?; Introduction; Search Strategy; Results; Early Mortality and Associated Perioperative Morbidity. Reintervention Recommendations; A Personal View of the Data; References; Chapter 6: In Patients Who Require Hypogastric Artery Coverage to Treat an AAA with EVAR, Does Preservation Improve Outcomes When Compared to Exclusion of the Vessel?; Introduction; Methods; Results; Buttock Claudication; Other Complications and Quality of Life; Techniques for HA Preservation; Open/Hybrid Techniques; Endovascular Techniques; Recommendations; A Personal View of the Data; References.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 617.4/13; 610; Blood-vessels -- Surgery; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General; Blood-vessels -- Surgery; Medicine & Public Health; Vascular Surgery; Oncology; Cardiac Surgery; Vascular Surgical Procedures; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319332932; 3319332937; 3319332910; 9783319332918
• Related ISBNs: 9783319332918
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 20, 2017).
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