INTRODUCTION Vascular injuries are a well recognised but very rare complication of surgery or trauma around the knee, especially associated with arthroscopic anterior and posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. PRESENTATION OF CASE This report describes a case of a Popliteal pseudoaneurysm and arteriovenous fistula after Arthroscopic anterior and Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction...

A progressive rise in the number of patients accepted for renal replacement therapy has been reported world wide [1]. Permanent vascular access (VA) is the life-line for the majority of these patients, when hemodialysis is the treatment of choice. Thus, the successful creation of permanent vascular access and the appropriate management to decrease the complications is mandatory. A well function...

A 27-year-old man with no medical history presented abdominal pain and hematemesis. The physical examination on arrival showed right flank tenderness a blood pressure of 92/59 mm Hg heart rate 139 beats per minute. Pertinent laboratory values were normal except for hemoglobin level 10.2 g/dL. patient underwent an emergent esophagogastroduodenoscopy, which esophageal gastroesophageal varices act...

Emphysematous cholecystitis is a rare subtype of acute characterized by the presence gas in gallbladder wall secondary to ischemia. Typically, this result cystic artery vascular compromise with concomitant infection from gas-forming organisms such as Clostridium species, Klebsiella or Escherichia coli. The mortality rate emphysematous 15% - 20% compared 1.4% uncomplicated cholecystitis. subsequ...

In their landmark 1996 paper in JAMA, Hirth and colleagues reported that most patients in the United States with permanent vascular access were undergoing dialysis via a prosthetic graft rather than an autogenous fistula, despite known higher rates of infection and thrombosis associated with grafts.1 These authors also reported large regional differences in rates of graft use—ranging from 23% o...

OBJECTIVES THE AIM OF THE STUDY WAS: Is primary Arterio-venous fistula the vascular access of choice for adequate dialysis and better patient outcome in end stage renal disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present study was done in the department of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at Sher-i-Kashmir institute of medical sciences, Soura, Srinagar Kashmir. Native Arterio-Venous (AV) fistulas w...

BACKGROUND The analysis of hemodialysis services is relevant for the quality of life of patient. In this study we investigated the profile of vascular access used for hemodialysis patients in our Unit. METHODS We evaluated 219 patients of both genders aged over 18 years old who have undergone implant or manufacture of vascular hemodialysis access. We excluded patients on renal replacement the...

Whether placing a fistula first is the superior predialysis approach among octogenarians is unknown. We analyzed data from a cohort of 115,425 incident hemodialysis patients ≥67 years old derived from the US Renal Data System with linked Medicare claims, which allowed us to identify the first predialysis vascular access placed rather than the first access used. We used proportional hazard model...

AIM Arteriovenous fistula-formation remains critical for the provision of hemodialysis in end-stage renal failure patients. Its creation results in a significant increase in cardiac output, with resultant alterations in cardiac stroke volume, systemic blood flow, and vascular resistance. The impact of fistula-formation on cardiac and vascular structure and function has not yet been evaluated vi...

A well-functioning vascular access remains the lifeline for patients with end-stage renal failure, who are being treated by chronic haemodialysis. Since 1966, the radiocephalic arteriovenous (AV) fistula, initially described by Brescia and Cimino, has been employed as a vascular access in many dialysis patients [1]. The Brescia-Cimino AV fistula has a low rate of complications and a high patenc...