Ultrasound as a tool for preoperative planning, monitoring, and interventions in dialysis arteriovenous access.
OBJECTIVE
The rising prevalence of end-stage renal disease has resulted in increasing focus on delivery of vascular access care for hemodialysis. Duplex Doppler ultrasound, with its unique ability to reliably evaluate both structural and functional aspects of the peripheral vessels, is the preferred imaging modality for access planning and follow-up.


CONCLUSIONS
This article will review how ultrasound is currently used to evaluate patients pre-, intra-, and postoperatively for vascular access.
1 Department of Surgery, Living Donor Transplantation Program, Section of Transplantation, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Surendra
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Shenoy
Michael
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Darcy
D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*; D007688:Kidneys, Artificial; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*