Surgery for Cerebrovascular Disease

This thoroughly revised and updated New Edition provides an integrated scientific basis for addressing the issues of stroke prevention and management in patients with cerebrovascular diseases. The 2nd Edition features an extensive review of surgical management, including technical aspects of, indications for, and alternatives to surgery as well as complications and their prevention. Further, readers will find a comprehensive approach to treatment with full-chapter coverage of natural history, diagnosis, pathogenesis, pathology, risk-factor management, and medical management. Review of the First Edition: "Presents a complete, current state of the art of surgical therapy and provides an integrated scientific basis to address important clinical issues in the future...This is an important, comprehensive, and definitive text and is highly recommended." --JAMA Features: * Coverage of the rapid progress and the recent clinical trials in cerebrovascular disease, particularly that of carotid endarterectomy, make the new 2nd Edition the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatise on the subject.
* Recognized experts from the fields of general, neurological, cardiac, and vascular surgery - plus authorities in epidemiology, basic science, and health-care policy - have contributed chapters to provide the broadest possible coverage. * Discussions of the immediate and long-term treatment results for various therapeutic interventions help readers make the best possible choices for their patients. * Socio-economic considerations of stroke and its prevention, including a cost/benefit analysis, present a useful health-care-policy viewpoint. * The text has been redesigned and reorganized to make reference easier. * More than 200 illustrations clarify important information and techniques.