Vascular Trauma: The Gold Standard in Diagnosis and Treatment

For over 40 years, Rich’s Vascular Trauma has been the definitive reference for surgeons, providing comprehensive guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of vascular injury in both civilian and military settings globally.

A Fully Updated 4th Edition Reflecting Recent Advances

Published in association with the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), this extensively revised edition incorporates the latest research and evidence-based management strategies and techniques, ensuring practitioners stay current with the most effective approaches.

The new edition is written and edited by vascular surgeons who are also trauma specialists, offering a unique blend of expertise from both civilian and military professionals skilled in open-surgical and endovascular techniques.

A Global Perspective on Vascular Trauma Management

This authoritative reference covers all vascular surgery procedures necessary to stop hemorrhage and restore perfusion in vessels in the limbs, junctional areas, torso, and neck. It includes:

• Damage control techniques such as shunting
• Endovascular techniques such as REBOA and stenting
• Pre-hospital, emergency department, surgical, and endovascular stages of treatment in developed, austere, and deployed settings
• A rich section on vascular trauma in multiple international settings, providing valuable context for the global surgical community

New Chapters and Enhanced Content

This edition includes nine new chapters covering:

• Prehospital management
• Endovascular suites
• Stent-grafts
• Selective aortic arch perfusion
• Extracorporeal systems and gathering evidence in vascular trauma
• And more

Step-by-step, highly illustrated descriptions of surgical techniques are complemented by high-level, strategic decision-making guidance, including the logistics of setting up an endovascular trauma service.

A new “Tips and Tricks” section provides quick and essential vascular maneuvers and management steps to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

Current Management of Civilian Vascular Injuries and Lessons Learned from Military Experience

This edition emphasizes the current management of civilian vascular injuries, drawing upon the best available evidence, experience, and lessons learned from Afghanistan, Iraq, and the urban battlefield.

A groundbreaking chapter on the systems approach and quality improvement in vascular trauma offers insights and tactics for providers seeking to understand how clinical systems underpin patient outcome and recovery.

An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase, providing access to all text, figures, and references on a variety of devices.

Product Details:

publisher: Elsevier

Version: 4th edition

Release Date: November 18, 2021

Language: English

Hardcover: 432 pages

ISBN-10: 0323697666

ISBN-13: 978-0323697668