A History of Vascular Surgery

Since the publication of the first edition 15 years ago, vascular surgery has been transformed into a new speciality incorporating endovascular surgery and techniques. These innovations are detailed in this much anticipated second edition.
Like the first edition, this new edition of A History of Vascular Surgery paints engaging portraits of the surgeons and scientists whose ideas and practices undelie, and continue to influence, vascular surgery as we know it today. Written for the practioner and student alike, the second edition provides an in–depth, accessible history of this rapidly changing field.

Engaining accounts of the individuals who shaped the field of vascular surgery
Explanations of the latest development, inlcuding the incorporation od endovascular procedures
New chapters on the early history of vascular surgery

Spis treści:
Foreword to the First Edition.
Foreword.
Preface.
Part I. Origins.
1. Vascular Surgeons of Antiquity.
2. Early Vascular Repairs and Anastamoses.
Part II. The English Are Coming.
3. William Hunter.
4. John Hunter.
5. Astley Cooper.
Part III. Divisions of Vascular Surgery.
6. Development of the Venous Autograft.
7. Evolution of Aortic Surgery.
8. Operation on the Carotid Artery.
Part IV. Yankee Ingenuity.
9. Valentine Mott.
10. Rudolph Matas.
11. The Arterial Prosthesis: Arthur Voorhees.
Part V. More Divisions.
12. Contributions From The Battlefield.
13. Venous Surgery.
14. Extra–anatomic Bypass.
Part VI. The French Connection.
15. Mathieu Jabolay.
16. Eugène Villard.
17. Alexis Carrel.
18. Rene Leriche.
19. Jean Kunlin.
20. Charles Dubost.
21. Jacques Oudot.
Part VII. Endovascular Surgery.
22. Charles Dotter.
23. Thomas Fogarty.

Nota biograficzna:
Steven G. Friedman, MD is Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at North Shore Univer sity Hospital and Cornell University Medical College.  He is attending Surgeon at: North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York; Booth Memorial Medical Center, Flushing, New York; and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York.

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Since the publication of the first edition 15 years ago, vascular surgery has been transformed into a new speciality incorporating endovascular surgery and techniques. These innovations are detailed in this much anticipated second edition.
Like the first edition, this new edition of A History of Vascular Surgery paints engaging portraits of the surgeons and scientists whose ideas and practices undelie, and continue to influence, vascular surgery as we know it today. Written for the practioner and student alike, the second edition provides an in–depth, accessible history of this rapidly changing field.

Engaining accounts of the individuals who shaped the field of vascular surgery
Explanations of the latest development, inlcuding the incorporation od endovascular procedures
New chapters on the early history of vascular surgery