Iatrogenic Vascular Injuries

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Preface

   • Sven-Erik Bergentz, David Bergqvist

   Pages 1-1

3. Introduction

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   Pages 2-7

4. Injuries Caused by Diagnostic Arterial Catheterization or Puncture

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   Pages 8-29

5. Vascular Injuries from Venous Catheterization

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   Pages 30-37

6. Vascular Injuries After Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty

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   Pages 38-62

7. Radiation-induced Vascular Injuries

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   Pages 63-75

8. Vascular Injuries Due to Noninvasive Procedures

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   Pages 76-86

9. Vascular Injuries in Orthopedic Surgery

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   Pages 87-94

10. Hip Surgery and Vascular Trauma

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    Pages 95-107

11. Vascular Injuries During Lumbar Disk Surgery

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    Pages 108-118

12. Vascular Injuries During Gynecologic Surgery

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    Pages 119-131

13. Injuries Caused by Diagnostic and Therapeutic Interventions in Kidney and Urinary Tract

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    Pages 132-140

14. Iatrogenic Vascular Neck Injuries

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    Pages 141-154

15. Vascular Complications of Various General Surgical Procedures

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    Pages 155-166

16. Pediatric Vascular Injuries

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    Pages 167-191

17. Back Matter

    Pages 193-195

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This small but information-packed book is the first to focus exclusively on iatrogenic vascular injuries. It is a timely first, for the scope and magnitude of this subject have reached almost epidemic proportions recently, as a result of exponential increases in the use of invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures by almost every medical and surgical speciality. The data on vascular trauma from "civilian" experiences are becoming dominated by injuries of iatrogenic cause. Even were it not for medical-legal liability, the importance of prompt recognition and correct treatment of injuries that we ourselves cause is obvious, as is the need for preventive measures to be clearly identified and adopted. This book serves these needs well through a nicely balanced focus on prevention, on the one hand, with its comprehensive review of epidemiology and etiology, and on management, on the other, with its practical comments on diagnosis, treatment and outcome. The organization of this book makes it very usable. After chapters on both arterial and venous catheterization injuries, there follows a thorough analysis of injuries associated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and other endovascular procedures. Then, after a chapter on noninvasive vascular injuries, there follows a series of chapters dealing with vascular injuries associated with the practice of specific specialties: radiation therapy, orthopedics, neurosurgery (especially lumbar disc surgery), gynecology, head and neck surgery, urology, adult general surgery, and pediatric surgery.

• Surgery
• complications
• hip
• pediatrics
• prevention
• radiation
• radiology
• radiotherapy
• trauma

• Dept. of Surgery, Malmö General Hospital, University of Lund, Malmö, Sweden

  Sven-Erik Bergentz, David Bergqvist

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