Kidney Disease : Dialysis

For patients without proper kidney function, dialysis treatment will be used to remove waste from the blood and keep the blood solutes balanced. In order to start dialysis treatment, patients must get a fistula or a graft. This will be the access point for dialysis. A fistula is an artificial connection between an artery and vein, usually in the arm. Up until recently, the only way to create a fistula was through surgery. However, this requires hospital stay and weeks of recovery. This is not ideal for patients who are ill and does not want more complications that comes with surgery.

Percutaneous AV Fistula Creation

The Percutaneous AV Fistula Creation procedure is a newly FDA approved procedure in the US that is changing kidney disease care. It is a minimally invasive procedure