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Previous Volume 329:1361-1362 October 28, 1993 Number 18

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Edited by Peter R.F. Bell, Crawford W. Jamieson, and C. Vaughan Ruckley. 1416 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1992. $225. ISBN 0-7020-1514-8.

Recognition of the specialty status of vascular surgery and the associated qualifying examinations have prompted the recent publication of several textbooks on vascular surgery. This new book is above average for the group.

The three different viewpoints on thoracic outlet syndrome, as presented by Roos, Harris, and Reilly, bring clarity to a difficult clinical problem. I found the chapter on congenital vascular anomalies especially interesting, particularly the Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, as contrasted with the Parkes Weber syndrome. This was new information to me. The chapter by Perry on vascular trauma is excellent; he has done an admirable job of condensing his . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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