Creation of Arteriovenous Fistulas and Grafts Concomitantly with Endovascular Correction of Outflow Veins: A Hybrid Procedure

Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty in Subclavian Vein Stenosis Caused by Central Venous Catheterization for Hemodialysis Access in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

“…. Although fistula ligation is frequently used as symptomatic relief, functional fistula can be sacrificed in this procedure which is a disadvantage in patients with very limited alternative access sites for AVF creations 6,7 . One alternative minimal invasive therapy to surgery in treating subclavian vein stenosis is Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA).…”

“…A total of 54 angioplasties were evaluated after the procedure with 1, 3, and The previous studies showed that PTA shows good results for initial therapy as a symptomatic relief in subclavian vein stenosis a very high success rates ranging from 70%-90%. 7 . This result same as our study, where PTA success rates reached 87%, but we only used regular balloon angioplasty without stent placement.…”