The first edition published in 1999, was described as a "longed for addition to the literature", and as a text that "cannot be compared with any other book on vascular surgery" (Lancet 2000; 355: 1918). At the time it was different; a book to help busy clinicians sift through surgical research and use it to make sensible decisions for their clinical practice. The challenge for this second edition is to produce something better still. The new edition is larger and more comprehensive, thanks to valuable suggestions from colleagues and reviewers. The text is as accessible as possible, with short chapters, recommendations for management, comprehensive referencing and full colour illustration. It belongs on the shelf, or in the briefcase of everyone who has to treat patients with vascular disease.


Table of Contents

The nature of surgical evidence and evidence-based practice
1 (4)
John A Murie
Indications for carotid endarterectomy
5 (10)
Jeremy MT Perkins
Robert B Galland
Optimising the results of carotid endarterectomy
15 (12)
Michael J Gough
Carotid angioplasty
27 (10)
A Ross Naylor
Risk factor management in peripheral arterial disease
37 (8)
Cliff Shearman
Management of intermittent claudication
45 (8)
Peter Lamont
Advanced endovascular intervention in the infra-inguinal region
53 (8)
Neil Davies
Antony Goode
Dominic Yu
Improving the patency of femorodistal bypass grafts
61 (12)
Peter L Harris
Robert K Fisher
Management of critical leg ischaemia and quality of life
73 (8)
Shazia M Khan
Jonathan D Beard
Non-surgical treatment of critical leg ischaemia
81 (10)
Frank CT Smith
The diabetic foot
91 (8)
John F Thompson
Andrew R Cowan
Lower limb amputation in peripheral arterial disease
99 (8)
Kenneth R Woodburn
Treatment of acute leg ischaemia
107 (10)
John F Thompson
Haemodialysis access
117 (12)
Christopher P Gibbons
Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm
129 (8)
Brian P Heather
Indications for elective surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm
137 (8)
Felicity J Meyer
The evidence for endovascular aneurysm repair
145 (8)
Geoffrey Gilling-Smith
Endovascular aneurysm repair: state of the art 2006
153 (12)
Tim J Parkinson
John D Rose
Mike G Wyatt
Safer thoraco-abdominal aneurysm repair
165 (12)
Marcus J Brooks
John HN Wolfe
Duplex imaging for varicose veins
177 (6)
Timothy A Lees
Crispian Oates
Sanjay Nalachandran
Optimal varicose vein surgery
183 (8)
Jonothan J Earnshaw
New interventions for varicose veins
191 (10)
Bruce Campbell
The significance of perforating vein disease
201 (6)
Simon G Darke
The management of venous ulceration
207 (10)
Katy AL Darvall
Andrew W Bradbury
Renal revascularisation
217 (12)
George Hamilton
The prevention and treatment of vascular graft infection
229 (14)
David A Ratliff
Management of vascular trauma
243 (12)
Denis W Harkin
Non-surgical factors that affect surgical outcome
255 (10)
Tom Carrell
Peter R Taylor
Vascular research in progress - the horizon scanned
265
Matt Thompson
Ian Loftus
Gillian Cockerill