This book offers a comprehensive overview of up-to-date knowledge on vascular access surgery. Written by a senior author with more than 30 years of experience and by expert contributors, it covers both surgical and theoretical aspects. The author shares his expertise in a hands-on approach and presents his views on the difficulties that every clinician may encounter. The various options for vascular access creation are carefully reviewed. Detailed descriptions and numerous accompanying illustrations of AV fistulas, AV prosthetic grafts, and arterio arterial grafts are provided, and a chapter is also devoted to the use of central venous catheters. Potential complications and their management are explained, and advice is offered on how to deal with special patient groups requiring extra attention. Separate chapters on fluid dynamics (drawing on the author's own research) and vascular pathology cater for the needs of those with a particular interest in the pathophysiological principles.

Central venous catheters for hemodialysis

AV fistulas
AV shunts
Arterio-arterial grafts
Redo surgery with prosthetic grafts
Infections
Venous congestion after the creation of AV accesses
Stenoses and occlusions of central veins
Leakage of ePTFE grafts (perigraft seroma)
Insufficient peripheral perfusion and cardiac strain after AV access creation
Arterial reconstructions of AV accesses
Lymph edema of the arm after AV access surgery
Nerve lesions after AV access surgery
Special patient groups
Anticoagulation with AV accesses
Puncture techniques
Monitoring of vascular accesses
Histopathology of AV vascular accesses
Short introduction to fluid dynamics - relevant aspects for hemodynamics
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