Introduction Spontaneous isolated arterial dissection within the splanchnic circulation without associated aortic dissection or associated connective tissue disorder is a rare entity, but is being reported with increasing frequency. This most likely reflects improved imaging modalities, particularly abdominal computed tomography…
Renal Artery Aneurysms Epidemiology Few vascular surgeons have extensive experience with the clinical management of renal artery aneurysms. , Autopsy studies have revealed an incidence of 0.01% to 0.09%, which is probably an underestimation because renal artery aneurysms may be…
Aortic graft infection is one of the most devastating complications in vascular surgery. Because of routine antibiotic prophylaxis before surgical procedures and adherence to aseptic surgical technique, the overall incidence of infection involving synthetic vascular grafts is relatively low. When…
Historical Background Although Kolff and colleagues reported the development of a hemodialysis machine for renal replacement therapy in 1944, maintenance hemodialysis did not become a reality for another 2 decades because of a lack of reliable vascular access. Simple venipuncture…