Percutaneous declotting of virgin femoral hemodialysis grafts.

Objective: The objective of our study was to evaluate outcomes of percutaneous declotting procedures in patients with prosthetic femoral dialysis grafts.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of all pharmacomechanical femoral dialysis graft declotting procedures performed in our hospital between May 11, 1993, and April 30, 2003, was performed. A total of 110 procedures were performed on 25 patients (nine males, 16 females; age range, 17-80 years; mean age, 49 years) with 30 grafts.