About streamlined brachial dialysis shunts.

The authors modified the technics of fistula forming. In such cases where to create a connection on the forearm is impossible one possible modality is to make it between major vessels on the arm. Streamlined connection was made in seven patients between basilic vein and brachial artery in three cases, between cephalic vein and brachial artery in four.

Creation of axillo-axillar bypass with bidirectional anastomoses.

Scholz and co-workers reported such type of anastomosis applied in femoro-crural bypass procedures which leads blood flow well into both directions. In vascular surgery practice of the author there were several occasions where this modified anastomosis was favorably applicable. An old man was operated up in this manner whose left common and internal carotid artery and the starting part of the subclavian artery was occluded that caused steal syndrome.

[Surgical treatment of an unusual anomaly of the subclavian artery].

Surgical treatment of an unusual abnormality of the subclavian artery. The author presents a case of a 36 year-old female admitted with complaints of weakness of the right hand. Doppler pressure on the right and left arms was 100 mmHg and 140 mmHg respectively.

New surgical procedures for the management of carotid kinking.

Three new operative techniques for the management of the kinking of the internal carotid artery are reviewed. Method 1: Resection of the internal carotid artery, end-to-end anastomosis with patch-graft angioplasty. Method 2: In situ reimplantation of the internal carotid artery by grafting.

[Significance of the diagnosis and treatment of arterial injuries of the wrist].

Authors report on arterial injuries in a 2-year material of hand injured. The combination of injuries observed and the methods of treatment are described. Attention is called to the fact, that because of anatomical characteristics of these regions, the diagnosis of arterial injuries is not always easy.