“…Risk factors for the development of HAIDI include diabetes, female gender, age >60 years, peripheral arterial disease, tobacco abuse, multiple previous ipsilateral access procedures, high-flow access, capacious outflow veins, use of the brachial artery for inflow, and prior history of HAIDI. 10 There is a wide spectrum of symptoms, including sensory loss, paresthesia, poikilothermia, pallor, diminished or absent distal pulses, muscle weakness, hand pain aggravated by hemodialysis, and tissue loss. The DRIL procedure has been considered the standard operation to manage HAIDI with high symptom resolution and access preservation rates.…”