Impact of renal disease on elective shoulder arthroplasty outcomes for glenohumeral osteoarthritis

Strategies to Mitigate Bleeding in Shoulder Arthroplasty in the Setting of an Arteriovenous Fistula

“…The surgical management of patients with ESRD on hemodialysis can be particularly difficult for multiple reasons, including numerous medical comorbidities, infections, increased emergency department visits, readmissions, and in-hospital deaths 3,4 . Moreover, the presence of an AV fistula for hemodialysis in the ipsilateral extremity results in vascular remodeling of the adjacent veins to withstand arterial pressures 5 .…”