Repair of Subclavian Venous Rupture and Occlusion Post-balloon Angioplasty for Subclavian Venous Stenosis in a Dialysis Patient

Abstract

An 82-year-old woman started receiving hemodialysis when she was 71 years old. She underwent a balloon angioplasty for right subclavian venous stenosis with vascular access limb swelling. The subclavian vein was ruptured and occluded, and the right upper limb swelling worsened. A vascular access could not be used, so insertion of a catheter in the left subclavian vein was needed. Hence, she was referred to our hospital. She underwent right cephalic vein-right internal jugular venous bypass with a saphenous vein graft.