Upper Extremity and Vascular Access covers a range of topics that pertain to hemodialysis access and the upper extremities. The book is divided into six sections: (1) history of the symposium; (2) the creation of hemodialysis access ranging from preoperative evaluation to new graft design and concluding with a chapter on dialysis access coding and billing; (3) the management of hemodialysis access complications with chapters that discuss difficult decision-making with complex patients; (4) issues related to upper extremity catheters in the venous and arterial systems; (5) upper extremity compression syndromes including thoracic outlet syndrome; (6) management of upper extremity trauma and both open surgical approaches and endovascular options. The annual symposium on vascular surgery, sponsored by the Division of Vascular Surgery at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, addresses contemporary topics and controversies in vascular and endovascular surgery. Presentations at the symposium cover the full spectrum of vascular surgery, including changes in management of extracranial cerebrovascular disease, new treatment options for lower extremity arterial occlusive disease, hemodialysis access, improvements in techniques for complex venous disease, and developments in aortic stent graft repair in the chest and abdomen. The Modern Trends in Vascular Surgery series is a topical compilation of the standout presentations from the most recent three symposia.

Table of Contents:
Preface Contributors Section I. Northwestern Vascular Surgery Annual Symposium 1. 40th Anniversary of the Northwestern Vascular Symposium—A Reflection — James S.T. Yao, MD, PhD 2. 30 Years of Excellence — Mark K. Eskandari, MD Section II. Hemodialysis Access Creation 3. Preoperative Planning for Hemodialysis Access — Godfrey Parkerson, MD and Karl A. Illig, MD 4. Basilic Vein Transposition for Hemodialysis: A Review — Marc H. Glickman, MD 5. Impact of Anastomotic Angles on Vascular Access — Nirvana Sadaghianloo, MD and Alan Dardik, MD, PhD 6. Rethinking Ar teriovenous Anastomoses: Interrupted Suturing and Nonpenetrating Clips — Karl A. Illig, MD 7. Forearm versus Upper Arm Arteriovenous Graft for Dialysis Access: Which is Preferred? — Alik Farber, MD and Steven Pike, MD 8. Advances in the Biology of Prosthetic Graft for Dialysis Access — Mark G. Davies, MD, PhD, MBA 9. Bioengineered Vascular Access Grafts — Ehsan Benrashid, MD; David N. Ranney, MD; and Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD 10. Dialysis Access Coding: New and Upcoming Changes — Matthew J. Sideman, MD and Francesco A. Aiello, MD Section III. Management Of Hemodialysis Access 11. Dialysis Vascular Access and Transvenous Cardiac Devices — Haimanot Wasse, MD, MPH and Dirk Hentschel, MD 12. Drug-Coated Balloons in Dialysis Access — Syed M. Hussain, MD and Nikolous Karagiorgos, MD 13. HeRO Grafts in Patients with Central Vein Occlusions: When and How to Incorporate Them in Your Practice — Virginia L. Wong, MD 14. Management of Infected AV Grafts — Samir K. Shah, MD and C. Keith Ozaki, MD 15. Arteriovenous Access-Associated Ischemia (“Steal”)—A Hemodynamic Analysis and Evaluation of Treatment Options — Karl A . Illig, MD 16. Utility of the Venous Window Needle Guide Device in Hemodialysis Access — Spencer W. Galt, MD 17. What to Do with Patent Ar teriovenous Fistulas after Successful Renal Transplantation? — Staci Canterino, MS, PA-C and David Fox, MD Section IV. Upper Extremity Catheters 18. Incidence and Treatment of Central Venous Catheter-Associated Upper Extremity DVT — Timothy K. Liem, MD, MBA and Jeffrey D. Crawford, MD 19. Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Acute Finger Ischemia — Matthew A. Corriere, MD, MS 20. Brachial Access for Peripheral Arterial Interventions — Matthew Mell, MD, MS 21. Management of Complications after Invasive Upper Extremity Testing and Treatment — Katherine E. Hekman, MD, PhD and Andrew W. Hoel, MD Section V. Upper Extremity Compression Syndromes 22. Neurogenic and Vascular Quadrilateral Space Syndromes: A New Classification and Management — Arjun Jayaraj, MD and Peter Gloviczki, MD 23. Surgical Approaches to Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Supraclavicular Versus Transaxillary — Rober t W. Thompson, MD 24. Patency after Limited Venoplasty and Anticoagulation following First Rib Resection for Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome — Gabriela Velazquez-Ramirez, MD and Julie A. Freischlag, MD 25. Cervical Ribs and Arterial Thoracic Outlet Syndrome — Kaj H. Johansen, MD, PhD Section VI. Upper Extremity Trauma 26. Upper Extremity Trauma and the Advanced Surgical Skills Exposures for Trauma (ASSET) Course — Col. (ret.) Mark W. Bowyer, MD, FACS, DMCC 27. Management of Upper Extremity Arterial Civilian Trauma — Nicole Toscano, MD and Michael Stoner, MD 28. Outcome Comparison Between Open and Endovascular Repair of Axillosubclavian Arterial Injuries — Bruce L. Tjaden, Jr., MD and Naveed U. Saqib, MD Index