Percutaneous mural fenestration and angioplasty for the treatment of a refractory hemodialysis-related venous stenosis.
Venous stenoses are the leading cause of dialysis graft and mature dialysis fistula malfunction. We report a simple, inexpensive technique for treating stenoses that are refractory to conventional balloon angioplasty and present a case in which this technique was successfully applied.
Denison
Gregory L
GL
Department of Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, The University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL, USA. denisong@pol.net
Funaki
Brian
B
D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D005121:Extremities / Q000098:blood supply; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014680:Veins / Q000473:pathology