Rich's Vascular Trauma

For more than 40 years, Rich's Vascular Trauma has been surgeons’ #1 reference for the diagnosis and treatment of vascular injury in both civilian and military settings across the globe. The fully updated 4th Edition reflects recent changes in vascular injury patterns, wounds, and trauma care, drawing from current research and a wide variety of peer-reviewed publications to keep you up to date with the latest evidence-based management strategies and techniques. Written and edited by vascular surgeons who are also trauma specialists-civilian and military experts who have proficiency in both open-surgical and endovascular techniques-this must-have reference offers a global perspective on every aspect of the broad spectrum of vascular trauma. 

Table of Contents:

SECTION 1: Background

1 The Vascular Injury Legacy

2 Epidemiology of Vascular Injury

3 Systems of Care in the Management of Vascular Injury

4 Pathophysiology of Vascular Trauma

SECTION 2: Diagnosis and Early Management

5 Diagnosis of Vascular Injury

6 Imaging for the Evaluation and Treatment of Vascular Trauma

7 Damage Control and Immediate Resuscitation for Vascular Trauma

8 Vascular Disruption and Noncompressible Torso Hemorrhage

SECTION 3: Definitive Management

9 Cardiac, Great Vessel, and Pulmonary Injuries

10 Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury

11 Abdominal Aortic Trauma, Iliac and Visceral Vessel Injuries

12 Inferior Vena Cava, Portal, and Mesenteric Venous Systems

13 Neck and Thoracic Outlet

14 Upper Extremity and Junctional Zone Injuries

15 Lower Extremity Vascular Trauma

SECTION 4: Hot Topics in Vascular Injury and Management

16 Damage Control: Prehospital Care of the Patient With Vascular Injury

17 Surgical Damage Control and Temporary Vascular Shunts

18 Damage Control: Considerations for Vascular Conduit in the Repair of Vascular Injury

19 Endovascular Management of Acute Vascular Injury

20 Pediatric Vascular Injury

21 Inferior Vena Cava Filters

22 Soft-Tissue and Skeletal Wound Management in the Setting of Vascular Injury

23 Vascular Surgery in the Austere Environment

24 Vascular Trauma: Training the Surgeon of the Future

SECTION 5: International Perspectives

25 Australia and New Zealand

26 Asia: Sri Lanka

27 Europe: Croatia

28 Scandinavia and Northern Europe

29 Europe: Russia

30 Europe: Serbia

31 Vascular Trauma in Israel

32 South Africa

33 Vascular Trauma in Latin America

34 Implications of Vascular Trauma in Brazil

Todd E Rasmussen, MD, FACS, Colonel USAF MC, Director, U.S. Combat Casualty Care Research Program, Fort Detrick, Maryland; Harris B Shumacker, Jr. Professor of Surgery, The Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Attending Vascular & Trauma Surgeon, Veterans Administration Medical Center & University of Maryland, Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland and Nigel R M Tai, QHS, MS, FRCS(Gen), Colonel, L/RAMC, Clinical Director, Trauma Services, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; Senior Lecturer, Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Consultant Surgeon, 16 Medical Regiment, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom