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Chronically Occluded Arteriovenous Fistula Salvaged by Sharp Needle Recanalization
Author(s) -
Beathard Gerald A.,
Eradat Jilbert
Publication year - 2015
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/sdi.12451
Subject(s) - medicine , arteriovenous fistula , fistula , radiology , surgery
Salvage of a failed arteriovenous access with occlusion of the venous outflow and no alternative for a secondary arteriovenous fistula that would provide for immediate dialysis is a difficult problem for which there is no ideal solution. The present report is such a patient. The patient had a radial‐cephalic fistula represented by only a very short segment, inadequate for effective dialysis. Salvage was accomplished using the sharp needle revascularization technique in order to avoid a prolonged period of central venous catheter use.

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