Surgery of the Deep Femoral Artery

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Surgical Anatomy of the Deep Femoral Artery

   • A. B. Lumsden, G. L. Colborn, L. J. Skandalakis, T. F. Dodson, S. W. Gray, J. E. Skandalakis

   Pages 1-21

3. Embryology and Phylogenetic Considerations

   • F. Vaas, R. J. A. M. van Dongen

   Pages 23-28

4. Atherosclerotic Lesions of the Deep Femoral Artery — Profundapopliteal Collateral System

   • F. Vaas, R. J. A. M. van Dongen

   Pages 29-39

5. Clinical and Laboratory Investigations of the Obstruction of the Deep Femoral Artery

   • W. L. Breckwoldt, T. F. O’Donnell Jr

   Pages 41-51

6. Roentgenologic Aspects of the Obstruction of the Deep Femoral Artery

   • E. V. Kinney, J. B. Towne

   Pages 53-66

7. Indications for Profundaplasty

   • V. M. Bernhard

   Pages 67-77

8. Surgical Approaches

   • M. Y. Suter

   Pages 79-89

9. Deep Femoral Artery Revascularization

   • M. P. Merlini

   Pages 91-110

10. Profundaplasty

    • R. J. A. M. van Dongen

    Pages 111-146

11. Deep Femoral Artery Reconstruction

    • A. V. Persson, B. Lange

    Pages 147-165

12. Follow-Up Studies and Conclusions

    • M. Dusmet

    Pages 167-176

13. Back Matter

    Pages 177-182

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Circulation through the deep femoral artery and its branches is critical to patients with aortoiliac and infrainguinal arteriosclerosis. It is, accordingly, essential that all physicians who are seriously interested in treating patients with lower extremity ischemia have a good working knowledge of this crucial artery's anatomy and func­ tion. It is equally essential that they be aware of arteriosclerotic disease patterns that involve this important artery, how these patterns can be Clccurately defined, and, most importantly, what therapeutic options are available and when they should be used. All this important information relating to the deep femoral artery and its surgical significance is included in Dr. Merlini's fine volume. Eighteen authors have contributed 11 well-edited and nicely illustrated chapters that provide all the facts that the com­ mitted vascular surgeon would ever want to know about the deep femoral artery and how it should be managed in patients with lower limb ischemia. Although some of the chapters overlap in some areas, this adds to the value of the book since the different authors are' all acknowledged experts and their varying perspectives. are beneficial to a reader seeking to formulate his own unbiased views.

• Arteria profunda femoris
• Deep femoral artery
• Profundaplastik
• Profundarekonstruktion
• Profundavaskularisation
• Reconstruction
• Revascularization
• bypass
• surgery
• surgical technique
• surgical techniques
• thoracic surgery

"The editors of this book deserve abundant congratulations... Each of the eleven chapters are well illustrated, well written, well organized, and informative... despite its comprehensiveness, the conciseness and excellent illustrations make the book extremely readable." World Journal of Surgery

• Department of Surgery, Hopital, La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

  Marco P. Merlini

• Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  R. J. A. M. Dongen

• Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

  Michael Dusmet

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