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J Vasc Surg
; 56(5): 1453-6, 2012 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22885129
RESUMO
We describe the use of tumescent local anesthesia during endovascular treatment of arteriovenous fistula stenosis. Using ultrasound guidance, 11 patients were hand-injected with tumescent lidocaine anesthesia around the fistula stenosis prior to endovascular therapy. All patients rated the pain experienced during angioplasty on a numeric scale (0-10). The mean balloon inflation pressure was 12 ± 3.01 atm. During angioplasty, eight patients reported pain between 0 and 2; three patients reported 4, 5, and 7 out of 10 on the pain scale. In this small series, tumescent anesthesia provided adequate pain control to perform angioplasty of arteriovenous fistulas.