Edited by Mitchell L. Henry, MD, this is the definitive reference book on vascular access surgery for hemodialysis. It offers in-depth, authoritative advice based on the clinical experience of experts. This new volume includes contributions from specialists who have made breakthroughs in this field; dozens of photos, drawings, and reports on state-of-the-art techniques in vascular access; a current summary of what is new and most useful in vascular surgical techniques; and hundreds of references that serve to document the authors' observations and that provide authoritative sources for further study. Chapters include Hemodialysis Vascular Access Dysfunction; Interventional Radiology in Arteriovenous Access; New Directions in Vascular Access Surgery; Preemptive Access Monitoring and Surveillance; Multicenter Evaluation of the 4-7-mm vs. 6-mm Stretch PTFE Graft; Reducing the Kinking in a Polyurethaneurea Vascular Access Graft; Preliminary Experience With a New Intrawall Radially Supported Expanded PTFE Graft; PTFE Graft Survival Following Conversion From Failed Wrist Native Arteriovenous Fistula; and Retrograde Anastomosis at the Graft-Vein Junction.