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Ischemic Monomelic Neuropathy

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This chapter discusses a diabetic female patient who had a left brachial-cephalic arteriovenous fistula (AVF) created. Immediately after surgery, the patient experienced severe hand and partial paralysis of the intrinsic muscles of her hand. She has continued to have this disability and is now being considered for a new access.

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  1. Lifetime Vascular Access, University of Texas Medical Branch, 5135 Holly Terrace, Houston, TX, 77056, USA

    Gerald A. Beathard MD, PhD

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  1. Gerald A. Beathard MD, PhD
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  1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Alexander S. Yevzlin

  2. Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Seton Hall-Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine, Neptune, New Jersey, USA

    Arif Asif

  3. Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Robert R. Redfield III

  4. University of Texas Medical Branch, Houston, Texas, USA

    Gerald A. Beathard

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Beathard, G.A. (2017). Ischemic Monomelic Neuropathy. In: Yevzlin, A., Asif , A., Redfield III, R., Beathard, G. (eds) Dialysis Access Cases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57500-1_56

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