title: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a successful treatment after complete haemodialysis (HD) blood access failure complicated with superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS).
abstract: SVCS constitutes a serious clinical problem and often represents a definitive loss of vascular access for haemodialysis (HD). The patients must suffer numerous interventions in order to obtain a permanent vascular access for HD. Treatment of SVCS requires endovascular intervention or complex surgical revascularization. We present three patients with SVCS associated with central indwelling catheters for HD who were switched to peritoneal dialysis (PD) due to complete HD blood access failure, and discuss the evolution on PD.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Ramón y Cajal , Nephrology Service, IRYCIS, Carretera de Colmenar km9, 100 Madrid, 28034 Spain.
authors.forename: Maite
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.affiliation: Hospital Ramón y Cajal , Nephrology Service, IRYCIS, Carretera de Colmenar km9, 100 Madrid, 28034 Spain.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Burguera
authors.affiliation: Hospital Ramón y Cajal , Nephrology Service, IRYCIS, Carretera de Colmenar km9, 100 Madrid, 28034 Spain.
authors.forename: Jose Ramon
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Palomares
authors.affiliation: Hospital Ramón y Cajal , Nephrology Service, IRYCIS, Carretera de Colmenar km9, 100 Madrid, 28034 Spain.
authors.forename: Haridian
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sosa Barrios
authors.affiliation: Hospital Ramón y Cajal , Nephrology Service, IRYCIS, Carretera de Colmenar km9, 100 Madrid, 28034 Spain.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quereda
keywords: peritoneal dialysis; superior vena cava syndrome