Looking for the Benefit of Regional Anesthesia in Dialysis Access Surgery

Abstract

Highlights Single center, retrospective review. Regional anesthesia is associated with improved distal access configuration with acceptable patency rates when compared with local anesthesia. The use of regional anesthesia allows for improved likelihood of achieving the most distal access possible based on preoperative ultrasound testing and could potentially change from a planned arterial-venous graft to an autogenous creation.