A 48-year-old patient presented 4 months after insertion of a right sided Haemodialysis with Reliable Outflow (HeRO®, Merit Medical) graft with a discharging abscess at the site of the brachial artery anastomosis. There was localised involvement of the arterial Gore® Acuseal inflow graft that necessitated its removal. The venous outflow component was thought salvageable as infection was well localised to the region of the antecubital fossa.
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