Superior Vena Cava Reconstruction in Patients on Hemodialysis

This case study will retrospectively review all SVC syndrome and/or occlusion procedures since January 2009. All patients were given adequate informed consent about the procedure and its benefits and complications. Definitions of clinical outcomes will adhere to the Subcommittee on Reporting Standards in Venous disease.27 Risk factors and outcomes of these procedures will be retrospectively analyzed. Data collected included preoperative patient demographics, clinical status, noninvasive and invasive imaging, operative procedural details, post-operative complications, post-procedural imaging surveillance, adjunctive/re-intervention procedures, clinical outcome during follow-up, and mortality. Primary endpoints will be clinical outcome and patency. Secondary endpoints will be re-intervention rate and death within 30 days.