A highly pragmatic and down to earth guide to the real-world of vascular surgery, written to help trainees pass the FRCS (Vasc) examination first time around, hopefully with flying colours!
A highly pragmatic, high yield concise guide that is relatively easy to digest . It is heavily geared to actually doing the job of a day one vascular consultant, which is what the FRCS exam is all about. Written by a recently qualified vascular surgeon with a commitment to teaching.
Introduction, PART 1: STRONG FOUNDATION 1.) 20 papers (and a few more), 2.) Patient counselling, 3.)Clear documentation, 4.) Be professional, 5.) How to present a vascular patient, PART 2: CORE VASCULAR SURGERY TOPICS 6.) Intermittent claudication, 7.) Diabetic foot disease, 8.) Chronic limb threatening ischaemia, 9.) Acute limb ischaemia, 10.) Aortoiliac aneurysms, 11.) Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm, 12.) Popliteal aneurysm, 13.) Descending thoracic aortic aneurysm, 14.) Type B aortic dissection, 15.) Symptomatic carotid artery disease, 16.) Vascular access, 17.) The IVDU groin, 18.) Chronic venous disease, 19.) Lower limb venous thromboembolism, 20.) Mesenteric arterial disease, 21.) Vascular trauma, 22.) Vascular graft & endograft infection, PART 3: BREAD & BUTTER VASCULAR SURGERY OPERATIONS, 23.) Open AAA repair, 24.) Carotid endarterectomy, 25.) Common femoral endarterectomy, 26.) Femoral- above knee popliteal bypass, 27.) Femoral-below knee popliteal bypass, 28.) Femoral embolectomy, 29.) Popliteal embolectomy, 30.) Brachial embolectomy, 31.) Lower limb fasciotomy, 32.) Hallux amputation, 33.) Foot debridement, 34.) Transmetatarsal amputation, 35.) Above knee amputation, 36.) Below knee amputation, 37.) Guillotine amputation, 38.) GSV Endovenous ablation, 39.) Saphenofemoral junction ligation and great saphenous vein stripping with multiple stab avulsions, 40.) Temporal artery biopsy, 41.) Brachiocephalic fistula creation, 42.) Peritoneal dialysis tube insertion (open), 43.) Peritoneal dialysis tube removal, PART 4: SINGLE BEST ANSWER ASSESSMENT, 44.) Questions, 45.) Answers, Index