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Creating Radio-cephalic Arteriovenous Fistula in the Forearm with a Modified No-Touch Technique
Published on: April 1, 2022
Arteriovenous fistula salvage utilizing a hybrid vascular graft
Robert G Jones1, Nicholas G Inston, Timothy Brown
11 Department of Interventional Radiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham - UK.
Introduction:
Loss of arteriovenous fistula as access for hemodialysis leads to significant morbidity and increased mortality risk.
Methods:
Maintenance of this access is of paramount importance and we describe a case of a patient with a functioning radiocephalic fistula with associated arm swelling due to poor narrow caliber venous drainage above the elbow but with normal central veins.
Results:
A hybrid vascular graft was anastomosed to the upper extent of the fistula and the nitonol stent section introduced into the patent axillary vein.
Conclusion:
The described method led to resolution of symptoms and arm swelling. The described method allowed the continued use of a mature fistula.
