Table of Contents

Vascular Access in Clinical Practice; Indications for Chronic Renal Access; Vascular Access Surgery: How Much is Needed?; Temporary Vascular Access; Radiological Assessment Prior to Surgery; Primary Access for Haemodialysis; Tertiary Vascular Access; Biological and Synthetic Grafts for Haemodialysis Access; Complex Vascular Access; Complications of Access Surgery; Complex Vascular Access; Complications of Access Surgery; Infection and Vascular Access; Function and Surveillance; Interventions to Restore or Maintain Access Patency; Why Peritoneal Dialysis?; Surgical Aspects of Peritoneal Access; Vascular Access in Children; The Role of the Vascular Access Nurse Specialist; The Patient Perspective.

About the Author

AH Davies, Reader and Consultant Surgeon, Charing Cross Hospital & Imperial College, London, UK. C P Gibbons is Consultant Vascular Surgeon at the Morriston Hospital in Swansea.