Dialysis Access Care and Management

Whether or not your dialysis treatment will succeed depends on how well your access functions, implying that you have to take care of your access. Your nephrologist will guide you on taking preventative measures and noticing the symptoms that indicate dysfunction.

Familiarizing with the usual sounds will help you notice anything abnormal, like cough sounds, changes in the pitch, or whistles. If the access is dysfunctional, you don’t need to worry because that won’t stop you from going on with the dialysis. All you have to do is undergo a minimally invasive procedure that will allow the dialysis to take place.

What Are Dialysis Access Care Treatments Available for a Dysfunctional Access?

Sometimes an AV graft or an AV fistula may become narrow or clot, causing a decrease in the blood flowing into the access. That is one of the factors that could prevent a pre-planned dialysis treatment from taking place. That is when the physician prescribes treatment to improve the way your blood flows.

Once the procedure has taken place, and your access is functioning as it should, you can proceed with your dialysis treatment. You can return to your scheduled dialysis treatment in the shortest time.

Several procedures are minimally invasive and can effectively treat the access. They are:

  • Angioplasty and stent procedures
  • Thrombectomy/thrombolysis
  • Millerbanding procedure for steal syndrome

Benefits of Minimally Invasive Treatments of a Dysfunctional Access

When correcting blood flow issues in dysfunctional access, the best option is for you to go for the minimally invasive modes of treatment because;

  1. You will quickly return to your daily activities
  2. The treatment process only uses local versus general anesthesia
  3. You will continue going for your pre-planned dialysis treatment with no interruption

How Can We Help You?

We have physicians who have specialized in dialysis access management. We also have interventional specialists as well as vascular surgeons who have a record of successfully treating dysfunctional accesses.

They do so with the help of the minimally invasive kind of treatment, for instance,

  • Angioplasty, which they do with stenting or without it
  • Thrombectomy 
  • MILLER procedure, when dealing with steal syndrome

To facilitate continuity, we carry out all procedures in our outpatient centers and promptly communicate the results to the team handling your dialysis care.

At MG Heal, we value our patients and therefore put our utmost effort into ensuring the services they get are way above their expectations. You can trust us to put our best foot forward to manage your dialysis care and management. Feel free to contact us so that we can schedule your appointment.