1. Surgical rejoining of small arm veins to enhance dialysis fistula maturation.
- Author
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Nauwelaers S, Lansink W, Schroë H, and Lauwers G
- Subjects
- Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical adverse effects, Blood Flow Velocity, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Treatment Outcome, Vascular Patency, Veins diagnostic imaging, Arm blood supply, Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical methods, Renal Dialysis, Veins surgery
- Abstract
Non-maturation of arteriovenous fistulas is a frequent problem after dialysis access creation, especially in the forearm. The presence of accessory veins may play an important role in the non-maturing fistula. Several surgical and endovascular techniques are described to deal with this problem. We describe a new surgical technique in which we perform a rejoining of the arm veins to create a single large run-off vessel with greater diameter and flow for haemodialysis.
- Published
- 2020
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