Distal Revascularization and Interval Ligation explained

DRIL
Specialty:	nephrology/vascular medicine

Distal Revascularization and Interval Ligation (DRIL) is a surgical method of treating vascular access steal syndrome.__TOC__

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. 10.1016/0741-5214(88)90040-7. Treatment of ischemia due to "steal" by arteriovenous fistula with distal artery ligation and revascularization. . Schanzer H, Schwartz M, Harrington E, Haimov M . J Vasc Surg . 7 . 6 . 770–3 . 1988 . 3373618. free .