Venous Backflow in a Patent Polytetrafluoroethylene Arteriovenous Graft: A case report.
- Author:
Soon Ho CHON
1
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Korea. shchon@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Polytetrafluoroethylene;
Arteriovenous shunt, Surgical;
Shunts
- MeSH:
Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical;
Constriction, Pathologic;
Female;
Humans;
Kidney Failure, Chronic;
Middle Aged;
Polytetrafluoroethylene*;
Renal Dialysis;
Transplants*
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2005;38(5):389-391
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
We report a case of a 48-year-old woman with end-stage renal failure who had a Polytetrafluoroethylene graft for hemodialysis and who had developed complications of venous outflow stenosis and venous backflow. Although venous backflow is an harbinger of graft failure, it is not enough reason to abandon the graft immediately. The patient was able to utilize her graft for 6 further months.
