Self-expanding stents for the treatment of a long venous stenosis in a dialysis shunt: case report.
This report describes the successful management of a long venous stenosis that resulted from intimal hyperplasia in a synthetic hemodialysis graft. The recurrent stenosis was kept patent with four overlapping, self-expanding metallic stents, which allowed coverage of the 16 cm distance from the axillary vein to the synthetic graft.
Günther
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RW
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Klinikum, University of Technology, Aachen, FRG.
Vorwerk
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Klose
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Bohndorf
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Kistler
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Mann
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Sieberth
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D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014680:Veins