Complications in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Jonothan J Earnshaw DM FRCS is Consultant Surgeon, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK. Michael G Wyatt MSc, MD, FRCS is Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Northern Vascular Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.

• How do complications influence outcome?; Complications related to cardio-respiratory co-morbidity; Associated renal complications & how to prevent them; Complications related to diabetes in vascular patients; Per-procedural thrombosis & the hyper-coagulable state; The management of haemorrhage in vascular surgery; How to prevent & manage major postoperative vascular infection; Drug & medicine-associated complications in vascular patients; The prevention & treatment of peri-operative stroke & paraplegia; Complications related to the management of acute ischaemia; How can we minimise the ischaemic reperfusion, compartment syndrome & multi-organ failure in vascular patients?; The aetiology & management of the failed vascular bypass; Complications due to peripheral angiography, angioplasty & stenting; Complications specific to intra-vascular stents; Vascular complications in patients belonging to other specialties; Abdominal aortic aneurysms; Arch & thoracic aortic aneurysms; Acute & chronic aortic dissections; Carotid intervention; Aorto-iliac & infra-inguinal disease; The diabetic foot; Thoracic outlet syndrome; Thoracoscopic sympathectomy; Intervention for varicose veins; Complications of intervention for vascular malformations; Complications related to renal transplant, vascular access & dialysis.

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