Upper Extremity and Vascular Access (Modern Trends in Vascular Surgery)

Upper Extremity and Vascular Access covers a range of topics that pertain to hemodialysis access and the upper extremities. The book is divided into six sections: (1) history of the symposium; (2) the creation of hemodialysis access ranging from preoperative evaluation to new graft design and concluding with a chapter on dialysis access coding and billing; (3) the management of hemodialysis access complications with chapters that discuss difficult decision-making with complex patients; (4) issues related to upper extremity catheters in the venous and arterial systems; (5) upper extremity compression syndromes including thoracic outlet syndrome; (6) management of upper extremity trauma and both open surgical approaches and endovascular options.