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What Can Be Done To Make My Fistula Work Again?
I could not complete dialysis due to blood clot. Vascular surgeon told me that fistula has stopped working. He said I need another fistula and need to do dialysis through neck meanwhile. He did not performed any test to see if fistula can start working again. What can be done to make fistula work again?
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
Hello and welcome to HCM.
As an Urologist and kidney transplant surgeon, I can understand your anxiety.
Fistula can get blocked after certain period of dialysis.It's usually due to clot formation or thrombosis.
In such a situation, only option is to make another fistula, at a different site. A cannula is placed,till the fistula matures.
Wish you good health.
Dr. MATTHEW J. MANGAT.
As an Urologist and kidney transplant surgeon, I can understand your anxiety.
Fistula can get blocked after certain period of dialysis.It's usually due to clot formation or thrombosis.
In such a situation, only option is to make another fistula, at a different site. A cannula is placed,till the fistula matures.
Wish you good health.
Dr. MATTHEW J. MANGAT.
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