Research Catalog

Title

Ambulatory phlebectomy : a practical guide for treating varicose veins / Stefano Ricci and Mihael Georgiev, with Mitchel P. Goldman.

Author

Ricci, Stefano, 1946-

Publication

St. Louis : Mosby, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Georgiev, Mihael.
• Goldman, Mitchel P.

Description

xv, 223, I-9 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm

Subject

• Ambulatory Surgical Procedures > methods
• Ambulatory surgery
• Varicose Veins > surgery
• Varicose veins > Surgery

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. General Considerations. 1. Definition and Indications. 2. Anatomic Bases of Ambulatory Phlebectomy. 3. Examination of the Patient with Varicose Veins. 4. Selection of Patients for Office Varicose Vein Surgery. 5. Staging of Surgery -- Pt. II. Technique of Phlebectomy. 6. Preoperative Marking. 7. Anesthetic. 8. Position of Patient During Surgery. 9. Phlebectomy. 10. Postoperative Medication and Bandaging. 11. Patient Discharge. 12. Postoperative Management and Follow-Up. 13. Short Saphenous Vein Phlebectomy -- Pt. III. Selected Phlebological Techniques. 14. Postoperative Compression. 15. High Ligation Division and Groin-to-Knee Stripping of the LSV: An Office Procedure -- Pt. IV. Conclusions. 16. Complications and Untoward Sequela of Ambulatory Phlebectomy. 17. Psychological Aspects. 18. Advantages of Ambulatory Phlebectomy and Office Varicose Vein Surgery. 19. Setting Up a Varicose Vein Surgery Practice -- App. I Instructions for Patients Affected by Chronic Venous Insufficiency.
• App. II Consent for Ambulatory Phlebectomy, Administration of Anesthetics, and the Rendering of Other Medical Services -- App. III Suggestions Following Varicose Vein Surgery -- App. IV Nursing Instructions.

ISBN

0815170459

LCCN

94038243

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries