The practice of surgery has undergone a dramatic evolution over the last century with the availability of new scientific evidence supporting the use of different surgical techniques and management. Central to this mission is the process of critically appraising the…
Introduction As first described by Virchow in 1856, the triad of hypercoagulability, vascular stasis and vascular trauma still remains the critical factors associated with vascular thrombosis. Hypercoagulability causes abnormal thrombosis, which may occur in the venous or arterial circulation, as…
“It is much more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.” William Osler 1849–1919 Symptoms relating to vascular insufficiency are common complaints among patients presenting to emergency departments…