Postgraduate Vascular Surgery

Part I. Final FRCS Vascular Clinicals: Introduction to the exam and clinical cases Jonathan Smout and Asif Mahmood; Part II. Final FRCS Vascular Topics: 1. Vascular risk factors and their management Alasdair Wilson and Julie Brittenden; 2. Management of acute limb ischaemia Arun Prakash Balakrishnan and David Lambert; 3. Chronic lower limb ischaemia, critical ischaemia and the diabetic foot Christopher Davies and Clifford Shearman; 4. Endovascular and surgical options for peripheral revascularization Colin Nice; 5. Abdominal aortic aneurysms Vish Bhattacharya and Rob Williams; 6. Thoracic, thoracoabdominal and suprarenal aortic aneurysms Jennifer M. J. Richards and Roderick Chalmers; 7. Aortic dissection Jennifer M. J. Richards and Roderick Chalmers; 8. Popliteal artery aneurysms Robert Davies, Asif Mahmood and Rajiv Vohra; 9. Femoral artery aneurysms Robert Davies, Asif Mahmood and Rajiv Vohra; 10. Carotid, vertebral and subclavian disease A. Ross Naylor; 11. Diagnosis and management of thoracic outlet syndrome Hassan Badri and Vish Bhattacharya; 12. Diagnosis and management of hyperhidrosis Hassan Badri and Vish Bhattacharya; 13. Chronic mesenteric ischaemia Mohamed Abdelhamid, Robert Davies and Rajiv Vohra; 14. Acute ischaemic colitis Vish Bhattacharya and Gerard Stansby; 15. Vascular trauma Paul Blair and Robbie George; 16. Amputation and rehabilitation Mark D. Kay and Colette Marshall; 17. Lymphoedema/leg swelling Arun Prakash Balakrishnan and Tim Lees; 18. Varicose veins, chronic venous insufficiency Marcus Cleanthis and Tim Lees; 19. Investigation and management of deep vein thrombosis Dharmendra Garg and Vish Bhattacharya; 20. Infection in vascular surgery Mike Clarke; 21. Vascular malformations George Hamilton and Andrew Platts; 22. Vasospastic tissue disorders and vasculitis M. A. Sharif, Jonathan Smout and Gerard Stansby; 23. Critical care considerations and preoperative assessment for general and vascular surgery Ian Nesbitt and David M. Cressey; 24.

Vish Bhattacharya is Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, UK. Gerard Stansby is Professor of Vascular Surgery, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.