Medicine:DRIL

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DRIL
Specialtynephrology/vascular medicine

DRIL (Distal revascularization-interval ligation) is a surgical method of treating vascular access steal syndrome.

History

DRIL was first proposed by Harry Schanzer and colleagues in 1988.[1]

Procedure

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

References

  1. "Treatment of ischemia due to "steal" by arteriovenous fistula with distal artery ligation and revascularization.". J Vasc Surg 7 (6): 770–3. 1988. doi:10.1067/mva.1988.avs0070770. PMID 3373618.