Abstract:Ten filiform stenoses and 1 complete occlusion of the venous anastomoses of 11 hemodialysis grafts were diagnosed during operative revision for shunt thrombosis. After Fogarty balloon thrombectomy, the lesions were treated by intraoperative balloon angioplasty and stent implantation (IAS). All grafts could be used for hemodialysis immediately after IAS. The patients could be followed up for six to twelve months. Within 2 stents, restenoses causing rethromboses of the shunts occurred after three and seven month… Show more
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