Khalifa Medical uses SerServer and Hirograft for dialysis

Mona Al Hamoudi (Abu Dhabi)

SKMC announced the introduction of Serverser and Hirograft technology to treat patients with kidney failure.The latest technology is based on the approach from dialysis access to transplant patients with links Treatment is ineffective or depends on the catheter due to obstruction of the veins leading to the heart. The use of technology at SKMC is the first in the UAE and the Middle East, and is the only hospital that has the license to perform this type of treatment. In the state and region This type of treatment.

Dr. Mohammed Al Marzouqi, an X-ray radiology consultant at SKMC, said that the patients who need such operations are kidney patients who have been led to normal dialysis by placing the vein in the vein. artery with hands and arms. In addition to patients who receive linens by catheter, he points out that these patients do not have any other area than that of the catheterized laundry, which leads to complications, including acute infections, due to blockage of the arteries leading to the heart. Candidates Operation "Harogeravc".

He explains that for the doctor to work "Hirograft" must be a neck canal, one must resort to the "Server" technology, which precedes the "Hirograft" process, an internal and external venous entry system to counter the blockage of the main artery. Lead to the heart of the neck, a new way to get central venous access to enter the catheter, especially in patients with blockage of blood vessels in the upper body, where the device is inserted into the femoral vein and pushed to the right vein with the help of a telescope. The doctor places the device so that it can be seen Slit in the part easily, then push the needle with the guide wire, to enter the vein and chased from the neck, and in the second step, after overcoming the blockage, we can put a "Harogeravc" that connect the industrial artery of the heart.

Compared to the catheter, Herrograft reduces infections and infections by 69%, improves dialysis from 16% to 32% compared to toxins and fluids, and saves 23% more than catheters. "At the health business level, there are about 2,000 patients who require dialysis, and a large portion of them after a wash period will reach this stage, if they are not not treated by the method of kidney transplantation.

Al-Marzouqi said that the Medical City Sheikh Khalifa has managed to perform four surgeries and two operations.The procedure takes about 20 minutes.The patient is under local anesthesia. 39; operation requires high-tech radiation, The patient can leave the hospital.On the same day, and in the course of 'Hirograft' it takes from one hour to an hour and a half, under anesthesia in the room of operation, the presence of Interventional Radiology and Vascular Surgeons