The outcome of ultrasound-guided insertion of central hemodialysis catheter.

Objective: To point out our experience and assess the efficacy and safety of real-time ultrasound-guided central internal jugular vein (IJV) catheterization in the treatment of hemodialysis patients.

Methods: This retrospective study comprised 150 patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who had real-time ultrasonography (US)-guided IJV HD catheters placed in our hospital between March 2019 and March 2021. Patients were examined for their demographic data, etiology, site of catheter insertion, type (acute or chronic) of renal failure, technical success, operative time, number of needle punctures, and procedure-related complications.

Use of Basilic vein in arteriovenous fistulas construction for hemodialysis access. Is it a good option alternative to prosthetic arteriovenous grafts?

Purpose: For patients with a failed forearm autogenous fistula (AF) and an exhausted cephalic vein, there is controversy about whether a brachial basilic AF with transposition or an arteriovenous prosthetic bridging graft (BG) must be the second vascular access option. This work measured and compared these two modalities according to patency rates, complications, and revisions.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study of 104 cases that had either a brachial basilic AF (72) or an Arteriovenous BG (32).