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Percutaneous interventions in dialysis access.

Christopher H Gram1, Jeffrey D Trachtenberg

  • 1Surgical Specialists of Decatur, Decatur, Illinois 62521, USA. christophergram@hotmail.com

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
|March 14, 2007
PubMed
Summary

Percutaneous interventions are now the preferred method for managing dialysis access, offering comparable success to open surgery for many conditions. This approach effectively treats even surgically difficult lesions, despite potential risks like radiation exposure.

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Area of Science:

  • Vascular Surgery
  • Interventional Radiology

Background:

  • Dialysis access creation and maintenance are critical yet challenging in vascular surgery.
  • Historically, open surgical techniques were the standard for salvaging dialysis fistulas and grafts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the role and effectiveness of percutaneous interventions in modern dialysis access management.
  • To compare percutaneous approaches with traditional open surgical methods.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent series comparing open and percutaneous techniques for dialysis access maintenance.
  • Analysis of percutaneous intervention outcomes for various types of lesions, including stenoses.

Main Results:

  • Percutaneous interventions demonstrate technical success rates comparable to open surgery.

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  • Optimal results with percutaneous methods are observed in treating short-segment and anastomotic stenoses.
  • Percutaneous approaches enable treatment of remote and surgically inaccessible lesions, such as central vein stenoses.

    • Conclusions:

    • Percutaneous interventions have become the first-line therapy for dialysis access management.
    • Despite limitations such as exposure to thrombolytics, contrast, and radiation, percutaneous methods offer significant advantages.