Vascular Surgery
Gregory D. Skalkeas Professor Emeritus, Academician, President of the Foundation of Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens Vascular surgery has acquired a well-established identity throughout the Eu- pean Union, where vascular diseases are still the
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Vascular Surgery C. D. Liapis Chief Editor K. Balzer, F. Benedetti-Valentini, J. Fernandes e Fernandes Editors
Editors
C. D. Liapis, K. Balzer, F. Benedetti-Valentini, J. Fernandes e Fernandes
Vascular Surgery With 385 Figures and 58 Tables
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Series Editors
Volume Editors
Wolfgang Arnold, MD HNO und Poliklinik Klinikum rechts der Isar München Germany
Christos D. Liapis, MD, FACS, FRCS Department of Vascular Surgery Athens University Medical School Attikon University Hospital Athens Greece
Uwe Ganzer, MD HNO und Poliklinik Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Germany
Klaus Balzer, MD Division of Vascular Surgery Evangelisches Krankenhaus Mülheim Germany Fabrizio Benedetti-Valentini, MD Department of Vascular Surgery University of Rome „La Sapienza“ Rome Italy José Fernandes e Fernandes, MD, PhD Chief of Service Department of Vascular Surgery Hospital Santa Maria and Faculty of Medicine Director Instituto Cardiovascular de Lisboa Lisbon Portugal
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Acknowledgements
When the invitation came from Springer-Verlag to produce this first European manual of vascular surgery, it was accepted enthusiastically by the editors, albeit with some trepidation concerning the demands of such a venture. This concern was due to the diverse nature of the vascular system, which covers every part of the human body; therefore, diseases of the vascular system affect all organs and all parts of the
