Table of Contents

Central venous catheters for hemodialysis.- AV fistulas.- AV shunts.- Arterio-arterial grafts.- Redo surgery with prosthetic grafts.- Infections.- Venous congestion after the creation of AV accesses.- Stenoses and occlusions of central veins.- Leakage of ePTFE grafts (perigraft seroma).- Insufficient peripheral perfusion and cardiac strain after AV access creation.- Arterial reconstructions of AV accesses.- Lymph edema of the arm after AV access surgery.- Nerve lesions after AV access surgery.- Special patient groups.- Anticoagulation with AV accesses.- Puncture techniques.- Monitoring of vascular accesses.- Histopathology of AV vascular accesses.- Short introduction to fluid dynamics – relevant aspects for hemodynamics.- Our methods.