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This practical surgical reference for the diagnosis and management of traumatic vascular injuries is unique in that it brings together all prominent management strategies from the various surgical subspecialties, creating a unified voice on the care of the vascular trauma patient. Management of common vascular injuries is examined from a general, trauma, vascular, orthopaedic, plastics, cardiothoracic, and neurosurgical perspective by respected experts from each of these fields. Each section has been edited by specialists in the other relevant disciplines to ensure that every chapter represents an evidence-based assessment of all of the surgical subspecialties. The clear and concise text is supplemented by dozens of surgical photographs, illustrations, tables, and charts that assist in conveying complex concepts in vascular trauma management. The Clinical Review of Vascular Trauma will be essential reading for any healthcare professional involved in care of the trauma patient.
William Holcomb was born about 1650 in England. He was a minister in the Church of England. He and his wife emigrated before 1678 and settled in St. Stephen's parish, New Kent, Virginia. They had at least four children. Traces descent through their fourth son, John Holcomb (b. 1685). Simon Gross was born in 1711 in Baden, Germany. He and his brother, Theobald, emigrated in 1741 and settled in Penn- sylvania. Simon married Catharina Schneider and had two children. After Catharina's death he married Dorothea, who died in 1744. In 1745 he married Veronica Mayer and had three children. In 1767 they moved to North Carolina. Veronica died and Simon married Margaretha and had one child. Line of descent is traced through Veronica's first son, Simon, Jr. (b. 1746). Descendants and relatives lived in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Missouri and elsewhere.
Both editors are active duty officers and surgeons in the U.S. Army. Dr. Martin is a fellowship trained trauma surgeon who is currently the Trauma Medical Director at Madigan Army Medical Center. He has served as the Chief of Surgery with the 47th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) in Tikrit, Iraq in 2005 to 2006, and most recently as the Chief of Trauma and General Surgery with the 28th CSH in Baghdad, Iraq in 2007 to 2008. He has published multiple peer-reviewed journal articles and surgical chapters. He presented his latest work analyzing trauma-related deaths in the current war and strategies to reduce them at the 2008 annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Beekley is the former Trauma Medical Director at Madigan Army Medical Center. He has multiple combat deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan, and has served in a variety of leadership roles with both Forward Surgical Teams (FST) and Combat Support Hospitals (CSH).