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Revision Using Distal Inflow (RUDI) is a surgical treatment for Dialysis-associated Steal Syndrome

Vascular access steal syndrome

In nephrology, vascular access steal syndrome or Dialysis-associated Steal Syndrome , also known less precisely as steal syndrome, refers to vascular insufficiency resulting from an arteriovenous fistula or synthetic vascular graft-AV fistula)....

Procedure

The fistula is ligated at a location slightly proximal to the anastomosis. A bypass to the venous outflow is then created from a distal arterial source.

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