DRIL

Specialty| nephrology/vascular medicine

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DRIL (Distal revascularization-interval ligation) is a surgical method of treating vascular access steal syndrome.

## 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. ↑ "Treatment of ischemia due to "steal" by arteriovenous fistula with distal artery ligation and revascularization.". J Vasc Surg 7 (6): 770–3. 1988. doi:10.1067/mva.1988.avs0070770. PMID 3373618.

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