Abstract Background End-stage renal disease (ESRD) has significantly increased in developing countries such as Egypt [1]. There are many sites for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation. The most common AVF radio-cephalic (RC-AVF) followed by brachio-cephalic (BC-AVF) [2]. To date, there no significant studies discussing the possible correlation between location and abnormalities right ventricle ...

Sir, In the literature, the treatment of an arterial steal syndrome in patients with dialysis fistula has been described to mainly concentrate on decreased or abolished blood flow through the arteriovenous shunt, or bypassing the fistula w1–4x. An important cause of the steal phenomenon in a limb distal to a dialysis fistula is, however, distal artery occlusive disease, reducing limb perfusion ...

BACKGROUND An arteriovenous fistula is the optimal form of vascular access in patients with end-stage renal failure requiring haemodialysis. Unfortunately, approximately one-third of fistulae fail at an early stage. Different anaesthetic techniques can influence factors associated with fistula success, such as intraoperative blood flow and venous diameter. A regional anaesthetic brachial plexus...

BACKGROUND Vessel injury at the time of Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) creation may lead to neointimal hyperplasia that impairs AVF maturation. Vonapanitase, a recombinant human chymotrypsin-like elastase family member 1, is an investigational drug under development to improve AVF maturation and patency. The current studies were designed to document vonapanitase effects in human cephalic veins tha...

  Background: Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF)is the ideal method of vascular access for patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD).Therefore it is an important part of treatment in HD.There are several observations that indicate the role of inflammation in failure of AVF.The aim of this study was to evaluate the hematologic and inflammatory biomarkers in early AVF failure.   Methods : This case-cont...

An enterocutaneous fistula is an abnormal communication between the small or large bowel and the skin, which leads to external drainage of intestinal contents. It is an important issue in surgical practice, as most cases occur secondary to surgical complications and cause significant mortality and morbidity owing to septic complications [1,2]. Postoperative fistulas account for 75%–85% of all e...