Critical Limb Ischemia Carotid Surgery

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Critical limb ischemia: definition, incidence and prevalence, pathophysiology and diagnostic management....Pages 1-4
Intraoperative thrombolysis as an adjunct to surgery in acute arterial occlusion....Pages 5-7
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the iliofemoral level....Pages 9-10
Complications during and after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of iliac and peripheral arteries....Pages 11-16
Vascular surgical interventions required after complications caused by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty PTA....Pages 17-19
Iliofemoral versus axillofemoral bypass for unilateral inflow reconstruction....Pages 21-22
Femoro-popliteal bypass: indication, material choice, technique, results....Pages 23-24
Femoro-distal PTFE bypass reconstruction with vein collar....Pages 25-27
Crural and pedal bypass surgery: surgical technique and results....Pages 29-30
Intra-operative measurements: The role of peripheral resistance....Pages 31-39
Spinal cord stimulation in non-reconstructable or daredevil reconstructable patients with critical limb ischemia....Pages 41-45
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in the treatment of non-reconstructable arterial occlusive disease of upper extremities....Pages 47-53
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS): a convenient enrichment or an expensive adventure in vascular surgery?....Pages 55-57
Carotid surgery — past, present and future....Pages 59-61
Diagnostic methods in carotid surgery....Pages 63-71
Color-coded duplex ultrasonography of the carotid bifurcation: clinical application in preoperative diagnosis....Pages 73-76
Ultrasonic and histopathological characteristics of the carotid plaque....Pages 77-80
Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of the carotid and vertebral arteries....Pages 81-85
Perioperative monitoring during carotid surgery — role of the local anaesthesia....Pages 87-90
Intraoperative assessment of cerebral ischemia: somatosensory evoked potentials, transcranial Doppler and oxymetry....Pages 91-93
Current therapeutical concept of carotid occlusive disease....Pages 95-97
Operative results after carotid endarterectomy....Pages 99-103
Carotid endarterectomy without preoperative angiography....Pages 105-112
Carotid endarterectomy without patch and shunt....Pages 113-117
Choice of graft material in carotid surgery: vein versus PTFE....Pages 119-124
Technique of eversion carotid endarterectomy....Pages 125-127
Surgery of the elongated carotid artery — indication, technique, results....Pages 129-134
Redo-carotid surgery — indication, technique, results....Pages 135-138
Emergency carotid surgery — guidelines for surgical treatment....Pages 139-143