A must-have manual for surgical residents and vascular surgery trainees. Heavily illustrated with more than 900 original line drawings, the author presents in a step-by-step fashion the techniques for all common vascular reconstructions, basics of exposure and access, and invaluable technical pearls and tips. This text provides the surgical trainee with the opportunity to review and practice the necessary vascular reconstructions before entering the operating room.

This must-have manual for surgical residents and vascular surgery trainees is copiously illustrated with more than 250 original line drawings. The author presents in a step-by-step fashion the techniques for all common vascular reconstructions, basics of exposure and access, as well as invaluable technical pearls and tips. The text provides the surgical trainee with the opportunity to review and practice the necessary vascular reconstructions before entering the operating room. The illustrations and clear instructions make this a manual that is referred to again and again throughout the surgical residency.

Basic Principles in Vascular Reconstruction.- Vascular Instruments.- Vascular Grafts, Patches, and Sutures.- Vascular Anatomy and Exposures.- Basic Steps in Vascular Reconstructions.- Hemostasis.- Thrombectomy-Embolectomy.- Endarterectomy.- Basic Vascular Reconstructions.- Closure of an Arteriotomy.- End-to-Side Anastomosis.- End-to-End Anastomosis.- Side-to-Side Anastomosis.- Infrainguinal Bypass Surgery.- Adjunctive Techniques: Proximal Anastomosis of an Infrainguinal Bypass.- Adjunctive Techniques: Distal Anastomosis of an Infrainguinal Prosthetic Bypass.- Aortic Surgery.- Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Replacement: Proximal Anastomosis.- Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Replacement: Proximal Anastomosis.- Pelvic Revascularization During Aortic Reconstruction.- Inferior Mesenteric Artery (IMA) Reimplantation.- Coverage of Abdominal Aortic Grafts.