Complications - Dialysis access surgery: Brachiocephalic fistula (“direct antecubital fistula”)

Anatomy Perioperative management Technique Complications Evidence Total Video

Intraoperative complications
- Selected vein not suitable unexpectedly (e.g., partial thrombosis) or marked arteriosclerosis of the brachial artery (rare)
- Depending on the situation, basilic fistula with anterior mobilization, Collier shunt (axillo-axillary) or fashioning of an antebrachial or brachial loop fistula

Postoperative complications

Peripheral stenosesEvidence of progressive obstruction:Changes in the thrill of the shuntChanges in

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