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Vascular Surgery

Arteries and veins outside the heart: aneurysms repaired from within by stent graft or from without by sew, carotid disease and the strokes it threatens, and the ischaemic limb, where the six Ps and the clock decide everything.

3 operations in depth5 interactive cases

Backdrop: Contrast-enhanced axial CT of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm with calliper measurements across the sac · James Heilman, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Media

Every curated image, scan and video for this specialty, filterable.

Every curated image, scan and video for this specialty, each with its source one tap away. Nothing here is decoration.

Educational illustration
Schematic drawing of the aorta from the arch to the iliac bifurcation with the dissection shaded along the ascending and descending segments, labelled DeBakey I and Stanford A
Aortic dissection, illustrated · a DeBakey type I (Stanford A) dissection involving ascending and descending aorta
Educational illustrationSynthetic educational image
Synthetic educational image · schematic axial CTA for flap-finding practice
CT
Contrast-enhanced axial CT slice of the abdomen showing a dilated aorta with calliper measurements across it
CT · abdominal aortic aneurysm
Educational illustration
Medical illustration of the carotid artery in the neck with an inset showing plaque narrowing the bifurcation, beside a normal bifurcation
Carotid disease, illustrated · plaque at the bifurcation against a normal vessel
Educational illustrationSynthetic educational image
Synthetic educational image · schematic axial CT for aneurysm practice

Videos

Curated and attributed

  • Carotid endarterectomy: technical pearls and pitfalls (preview)

    Exposure, clamping, the arteriotomy and the plaque, with the nerves that get injured.

    Watch for

    • The hypoglossal nerve crossing the field
    • Clamp order and the shunt decision
    • Patch closure of the arteriotomy
    Source: Neurosurgical Atlas, Aaron Cohen-Gadol MD · Watch on YouTube

  • NEJM procedure: deployment of an endovascular graft in an abdominal aortic aneurysm

    The journal's procedure video: access, the main body, the contralateral limb and the completion angiogram.

    Watch for

    • Landing the graft below the renal arteries
    • Cannulating the contralateral gate
    • What an endoleak looks like on the completion run
    Source: NEJM Group · Watch on YouTube

  • Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR)

    The plain-language overview of the stent graft and life after it.

    Source: University Hospitals · Watch on YouTube

Hub shaped by the Surgical Specialties Lead with the Vascular surgery reviewer (open seat). Images and videos carry their source; educational use for supervised learning, not clinical guidance.