Axillorenal arteriovenous graft: a new approach for dialysis access.
As the population requiring hemodialysis grows, it becomes increasingly common to encounter patients with limited options for vascular access. Because inability to secure vascular access is a life-threatening problem, it is important to consider all possible options in each patient. We report a new arteriovenous grafting procedure in which the left renal vein is used for outflow in a patient with multiple venous occlusions. Patency of the graft continues 18 months after placement. This graft carries acceptable morbidity, and can be revised. Consideration of this graft is appropriate in selected patients.
Division of Transplant Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. skarp1@jhmi.edu
Seth J
SJ
Karp
Alan
A
Hawxby
James F
JF
Burdick
D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012008:Recurrence; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome