In-stent restenosis.

Endovascular arterial recanalization has become the mainstay therapy for peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Although immediate technical success is achieved in greater than 90% of cases, longer-term results continue to vary based on the clinical presentation, and the treated target lesion. In the current era, sustained patency can be expected following intervention in the carotid, coronary, renal, and iliac arteries.

Delayed abdominal aortic aneurysm sac rupture after open repair.

Open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is often regarded as a near-permanent operation with little long-term complications. Reported herein is a case of delayed rupture of an enlarging AAA sac after open repair requiring re-exploration in a patient presenting with flank pain and ipsilateral hydronephrosis. The natural history of a large, excluded aneurysm sac after open AAA repair, hypothesized etiology for this rare occurrence, and proposed diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm are described.

Slowly moving the needle away from Fistula First.

Objective: In 2019, the management of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) shifted away from "Fistula First" (FF) to "ESKD Life-Plan: Patient Life-Plan First then Access Needs." Indeed, some patients exhibit such excessive comorbidity that even relatively minor vascular surgery may be complicated. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively assess complications and mortality (and delineate operative futility) in patients undergoing arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation in the FF era.