Publisher's Synopsis
"Surgery of the Arteries to the Head" provides residents and practising surgeons with detailed descriptions and explanations of various surgical techniques. Written in essay style, it presents the views of leading vascular surgeons. The anatomy of the aortic arch and its branches, arterial lesions and patterns of disease, mechanisms of ischemia, surgical manoeuvres, repair of supra-aortic trunks and vertebral arteries, operations on the internal and external carotid arteries, complex repairs, special surgical problems, complications and reoperations are among the topics discussed.
