Management of Chronic Lower Limb Ischemia

Preservation and reconstruction of the ischaemic leg presents vascular surgeons with a difficult challenge.

The vast majority of patients with this condition are diabetic and have advanced multisystem problems which complicate their case significantly.

Lower extremity arterial reconstruction has improved dramatically in the 1990s and this book addresses and focuses on these areas.

It opens with an historical overview and then covers preoperative considerations.

A main component of the book deals with surgical technique and includes angioplasty, prosthetic bypass, reversed vein bypass, in-situ vein bypass and complex reconstruction.

The latter part of the text discusses graft surveillance, including outcome and results.