Hybrid salvage of thrombosed dialysis access grafts. 2019

Haitham Ali, and Khaled Attallah, and Khaled Awad, and Bahgat Thabet
Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt - haithamvascular@gmail.com.

BACKGROUND To report our experience and evaluate the results of a hybrid procedure comprising of surgical thrombectomy and adjuvant high pressure balloon angioplasty for management of thrombosed arteriovenous grafts (AVGs) with underlying venous anastomotic stenosis. METHODS Between January 2015 and June 2017, 148 patients with first-time thrombosis of AVGs were considered for treatment with surgical thrombectomy followed by high pressure balloon angioplasty of the underlying venous anastomotic lesions. Monitoring and surveillance was subsequently performed using clinical and hemodialysis criteria to detect a failing/failed access. Primary, assisted primary, and secondary patency rates were calculated using Kaplan-Meier analysis. RESULTS This hybrid procedure was technically successful in 135 cases (91.2%) and clinically successful in 131 cases (88.5%). The postintervention primary patency rate of the target lesions was 68.2%, 52.4%, and 44.2% at 3, 6, and 12 months, respectively. Endovascular re-interventions increased significantly the postintervention assisted primary patency to 79.1%, 71.9%, and 66.8% (P=0.0004), and the postintervention secondary patency to 86.5%, 82.2%, and 78.6% (P<0.0001) at the same time points, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Hybrid salvage of thrombosed AVGs using high pressure balloon angioplasty of the venous anastomotic stenosis following surgical thrombectomy by Fogarty catheter is a highly successful and safe procedure, with acceptable short-term primary patency. The need for repeated interventions demonstrates the necessity of continuous graft monitoring and surveillance to improve both assisted primary, and secondary patency rates.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D005260 Female Females
D006083 Graft Occlusion, Vascular Obstruction of flow in biological or prosthetic vascular grafts. Graft Restenosis, Vascular,Vascular Graft Occlusion,Vascular Graft Restenosis,Graft Restenoses, Vascular,Occlusion, Vascular Graft,Restenosis, Vascular Graft
D006435 Renal Dialysis Therapy for the insufficient cleansing of the BLOOD by the kidneys based on dialysis and including hemodialysis, PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, and HEMODIAFILTRATION. Dialysis, Extracorporeal,Dialysis, Renal,Extracorporeal Dialysis,Hemodialysis,Dialyses, Extracorporeal,Dialyses, Renal,Extracorporeal Dialyses,Hemodialyses,Renal Dialyses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000800 Angioplasty, Balloon Use of a balloon catheter for dilation of an occluded artery. It is used in treatment of arterial occlusive diseases, including renal artery stenosis and arterial occlusions in the leg. For the specific technique of BALLOON DILATION in coronary arteries, ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY is available. Balloon Angioplasty,Dilation, Transluminal Arterial,Arterial Dilation, Transluminal,Arterial Dilations, Transluminal,Dilations, Transluminal Arterial,Transluminal Arterial Dilation,Transluminal Arterial Dilations

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