Novel solutions for access challenges Mr James Gilbert Consultant Transplant & Vascular Access Surgeon
Disclosures I have the following potential conflicts of interest to report: I currently hold a consultancy contract with Merit Medical and am paid for any work undertaken.
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Consuming the real estate RRT journey - 2 or more lines (tunneled) - 3 or more fistulae - AV Graft(s) - 1-2 Transplants An increasing access challenge Especially if develop CVS / CVO
End Stage Vascular Access End stage access is reached when all autologous vein options and conventional graft and catheter placements have been exhausted or are not possible and there is the presence of central vein pathology (Gilbert VASBI 2014)
Venous Hypertension
CVO a significant problem in vascular access An estimated 2M people worldwide require treatment with dialysis or kidney transplant to stay alive 1 But Central venous catheters (CVCs) continue to be used as a bridge while waiting to secure access Arteriovenous Fistulas (AVFs) remain the preferred form of vascular access Chronic CVC use leads to central venous obstruction (CVO) in 40% of cases 2 1 https://www.kidney.org/kidneydisease/global-facts-about-kidney-disease 2 Data on file at Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, Inc.
HD Catheters associated with High morbidity caused by - Thrombosis - Infection Cause central venous stenosis or occlusion Shorter use-life than other access types Overall lower BFR and reduced adequacy requiring longer dialysis times
Long-Term Consequences 20% 40% 40% 60%
Potential Market for Occlusions Access Centers Country Population (M) Dialysis Patients (K) Fully Occluded Symptomatic Partial Occluded Total High Volume Centers Standard Total Germany 84,500,000 85,000 1700 6800 8500 19 74 93 Turkey 78,200,000 41,000 820 3280 4100 9 36 45 United Kingdom 65,000,000 25,000 500 2000 2500 5 22 27 Italy 61,000,000 33,000 660 2640 3300 7 29 36 Spain 46,000,000 21,800 436 1744 2180 5 19 24 Scandinavia 20,600,000 5,500 110 440 550 1 5 6 Netherlands 17,500,000 5,800 116 464 580 1 5 6 Belgium 11,300,000 7,500 150 600 750 2 7 8 Austria 60,000,00 4,100 82 328 410 1 4 4 Total 390,100,000 228,700 4574 18296 22870 50 200 250
What could we do? Leave them on a line (wherever we can place one) Consider a Heroic Intervention Any procedure or intervention that seeks to treat or bypass Central Venous Pathology (CVP) to enable: - Autologous access or grafts to function - Treatment / prevention of venous hypertension
Heroic Options: Use of Lower Limbs Angioplasty / Stenting CVS Atypical / Exotic access / bypass procedures HeRO graft Insertion Surfacer Inside Out Catheter System
Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow (HeRO) Treatment option for ESVA patients Only fully subcutaneous AV access option that offers long term access in CVS Option for patients with failing AVF or graft due to CVS Option for the catheter dependent or approaching catheter dependence patient with CVS
HeRO is a 2 Component Device
Venous Outflow Component Braided Nitinol stent Covered with Silicon Kink Resistant Crush Resistant HeRO is a Customizable, Sizeable REMOVABLE stent
Arterial Graft Component Venous Outflow Component
3 TCC s in 3 years! 3 AVF attempts, Right B/C AVF eventually successful 18 months venous hypertension (arm, face, tongue, vocal cords!) Home Haemo patient, agrophobia, wants to stay that way!
Left IJ HeRO Necklaced across to right side Joined onto Right B/C AVF Maintained needling areas Instant symptom relief
Clinical Outcomes HeRO Graft Oxford 0 NA 84.6 % 1.125
Make your own with Super HeRO Super HeRO Adaptor first product of its kind in vascular surgery Coupling device that allows for certain grafts to be used with HeRO Outflow Component Avoids graft to graft anastomosis Adapter
Current Last Option Access Alternatives Heroic attempts to re-canalise but low success rates (50% approx) Undesirable access sites used but high infection rates and poor patency Translumbar & Transhepatic Incision in midabdomen (lumbar region) Discomfort, risk, poor stability, infection, bleeding Transiliac Incision across the pelvic region Restricted movement, infection, DVT risk, poor stability, poor ICD shock vectors Thoracotomy Incision into the chest Invasive, not easily repeated
Delivery Instrument Restores central venous access via an Inside-Out approach Exit Introducer C O M P O N E N T S 1. Sheath/dilator 2. Delivery instrument 3. Introducer 4. Skin exit marker Workstation
THE CENTRAL VENOUS SYSTEM Images courtesy of Mike Winkler, MD, University of Kentucky 2015 Generously provided by Dr. John Gurley
Proximity to Head of Clavicle View (looking from the back to front) View from front Images courtesy of Mike Winkler, MD, University of Kentucky 2015 Generously provided by Dr. John Gurley
Relationship to Arteries Arteries BEHIND veins Veins BEHIND bone Anterior needle path from head of clavicle always safe Images courtesy of Mike Winkler, MD, University of Kentucky 2015 Generously provided by Dr. John Gurley
The Surfacer System Only formally marketed device to specifically restore access when central veins are blocked Semi-automated and uses an inside-out approach Safe, effective, predictable and repeatable Product used by Interventional radiologists Vascular access surgeons Interventional nephrologists Applications Dialysis, chemo, nutrition, pacing
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16 Fr Exit Introducer is ~20 cm long 10 Fr Workstation sheath and dilator is ~65 cm long Dilator Workstation Dilator Tuohy-Borst Connector Workstation Sheath Peelable Sheath Exit Target
Important to image!!!
3 Centre Clinical Experience Vienna, Cologne & Oxford 43 potential cases in 36 patients analysed 4/43 cases excluded as contraindicated 2 = occluded Right CFV, 2 = juxta atrial SVC occlusion and unsafe to advance wires 39 cases undertaken in remaining 32 patients Reviewed time & success of procedure and complications
Parameter Measures Number of patients 36 Age (years) 59 (20 82) Sex (Male : Female 10 : 36 Previous CVC 36 [100 %] Central Vein Obstruction type Type 3: 30 [83%] Type 2: 3 [8%] Type 1: 3 [8%] Patients eligible for procedure 32
Parameter Measures Surfacer procedures performed (in 32 patients) 39 Successful placement 38 (97%) Re-interventions (>3 months after primary intervention) 7 (18%) Duration of procedure 43 min (25-200 min) Fluoroscopy time Volume of contrast agent 6 min (2-14 min) 15 ml (0-90 ml)
Closing Remarks Central Vein pathology is an increasing problem and more likely if history / presence of a TCC The HeRO graft is only subcutaneous AV access option that can bypass CVS and provide reliable dialysis Restoring Central access in CVO is safe and possible using the Surfacer Inside out System Both are associated with good outcomes