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Placement of a Catheter through the Struts of a Previously Placed Stent for Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Joseph Rajesh,
Keshava Shyamkumar N.,
Surendrababu Narayanam R. S.,
John George T.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.2008.00490.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , hemodialysis access , hemodialysis catheter , stent , vascular access , stenosis , catheter , vein , thrombosis , surgery , radiology
Venous accesses for hemodialysis are beset with thrombosis and stenosis, often resulting in loss of central venous access. We report a case in which an alternate access was created by placement of hemodialysis catheter into the central vasculature by penetrating a stent previously placed in the stenosed right brachio‐cephalic vein. To our knowledge, this is the first such report.