Surgery | Common Surgical Conditions | Peripheral Vascular Disease: Aneurysms - Peripheral

Peripheral Vascular Disease: Aneurysms - Peripheral
Session Overview
Description
This session will review the natural history, presentation and management of peripheral arterial aneurysms.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Define and classify peripheral arterial aneurysms
• Identify and manage:
• Popliteal aneurysms
• Iliac, femoral, and common splanchnic arterial aneurysms

Prerequisites
Before commencing this session you should have a basic knowledge of:

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm disease and its risk factors, epidemiology and principles of management
• Lower limb ischaemic presentations and management
• Surgical/endovascular interventions such as bypass grafts, open aneurysm repair, arterial stenting, thrombin injection
• Arterial anatomy

You should also have completed the following sessions:

• Peripheral Vascular Disease: Acute Limb Ischaemia (100-2015)
• Peripheral Vascular Disease: Chronic Limb Ischaemia (100-2014)
• Peripheral Vascular Disease: Aneurysms - AAA (100-2016)

In this session we will look at the definition, presentation and management of the following arterial aneurysms:

• Peripheral
• Popliteal
• Iliac
• Common femoral
• Splenic
• Hepatic