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DRIL is a surgical method of treating vascular access 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

A short distal bypass is created and the artery just distal to the AV anastomosis is ligated.

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