50 Landmark Papers Every Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon Should Know (PDF)

This book identifies the 50 key scientific articles in the field of vascular and endovascular surgery. It provides a commentary to each carefully selected paper and explains why these papers are so important, thus providing every surgeon with the foundation stones of knowledge in this fast-moving area.

There has been an exponential increase in the volume and quality of published research relating to vascular and endovascular surgery in recent decades. Among thousands of articles, a small fraction is truly "game changing." Such studies form the foundations of vascular surgery today and the selection of papers within this book provide the 50 landmark papers every 21st-century vascular and endovascular surgeon needs to know.

A valuable reference not only to the established surgeon, but also to vascular surgery residents and trainees, as well as to more experienced surgeons as they continue to learn new techniques and approaches and to improve their knowledge of vascular disorders and treatments. The papers provide an evidence-based resource for those surgeons preparing for professional exams and may inspire clinicians to produce new research.

About the Editors

Juan Carlos Jimenez MD, MBA

Professor of Surgery

Gonda (Goldschmied) Vascular Center

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles, California

Samuel Eric Wilson, MD

Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Chair Emeritus

University of California Irvine

Irvine, California