Far Infrared Therapy as a Novel Treatment for Hand Ischemia Following Arteriovenous Graft for Hemodialysis
: Introduction: Hand ischemia following vascular access surgery is an uncommon complication. A clinical dilemma exists between prioritizing the preservation of vascular access and the need for surgical intervention to rescue the ischemic hand. Report: An 80 year old man who had hand ischemia follow...
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doaj-736977bd20504ee39cff40388081849f2020-11-25T02:19:01ZengElsevierEJVES Short Reports2405-65532015-01-01283033Far Infrared Therapy as a Novel Treatment for Hand Ischemia Following Arteriovenous Graft for HemodialysisY.-W. Chen0W.-S. Liu1Y.-H. Chou2W.-C. Yang3C.-C. Lin4School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROCSchool of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Zhong-Xing Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, ROCDepartment of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROCSchool of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROCSchool of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Corresponding author. School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.: Introduction: Hand ischemia following vascular access surgery is an uncommon complication. A clinical dilemma exists between prioritizing the preservation of vascular access and the need for surgical intervention to rescue the ischemic hand. Report: An 80 year old man who had hand ischemia following creation of a polytetrafluoroethylene arteriovenous graft with clinical evidence of ischemic pain of the left hand and Doppler ultrasound evidence of diastolic flow reversal is described. Far infrared therapy (FIR) was applied over the distal part of the affected limb, and the symptoms and signs of ischemia improved remarkably. Follow up ultrasonography also revealed the disappearance of diastolic flow reversal. Discussion: FIR therapy is a promising and non-invasive therapeutic modality to treat vascular access related hand ischemia by decreasing vascular resistance and improving hand perfusion Keywords: Arteriovenous graft, Dialysis access associated steal syndrome, Far infrared therapy, Hand ischemia, Hemodialysis, Steal syndromehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405655315000110 |
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Far Infrared Therapy as a Novel Treatment for Hand Ischemia Following Arteriovenous Graft for Hemodialysis |
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Far Infrared Therapy as a Novel Treatment for Hand Ischemia Following Arteriovenous Graft for Hemodialysis |
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Far Infrared Therapy as a Novel Treatment for Hand Ischemia Following Arteriovenous Graft for Hemodialysis |
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Far Infrared Therapy as a Novel Treatment for Hand Ischemia Following Arteriovenous Graft for Hemodialysis |
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Far Infrared Therapy as a Novel Treatment for Hand Ischemia Following Arteriovenous Graft for Hemodialysis |
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far infrared therapy as a novel treatment for hand ischemia following arteriovenous graft for hemodialysis |
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: Introduction: Hand ischemia following vascular access surgery is an uncommon complication. A clinical dilemma exists between prioritizing the preservation of vascular access and the need for surgical intervention to rescue the ischemic hand. Report: An 80 year old man who had hand ischemia following creation of a polytetrafluoroethylene arteriovenous graft with clinical evidence of ischemic pain of the left hand and Doppler ultrasound evidence of diastolic flow reversal is described. Far infrared therapy (FIR) was applied over the distal part of the affected limb, and the symptoms and signs of ischemia improved remarkably. Follow up ultrasonography also revealed the disappearance of diastolic flow reversal. Discussion: FIR therapy is a promising and non-invasive therapeutic modality to treat vascular access related hand ischemia by decreasing vascular resistance and improving hand perfusion Keywords: Arteriovenous graft, Dialysis access associated steal syndrome, Far infrared therapy, Hand ischemia, Hemodialysis, Steal syndrome |
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