Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Ultrasound-guided cradle-like infiltrative anesthesia for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of stenotic autogenous arteriovenous hemodialysis access.
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) is an effective treatment for autogenous arteriovenous hemodialysis access (AAVA) stenosis; however, it causes pain in most cases. Therefore, safe and effective anesthesia for PTA is required.