Reviewing a proposed procedure with your chosen doctor
Dialysis Fistula Surgery (AV Fistula)
second opinion in Mumbai.
Medical term: Arteriovenous fistula creation or revision
Already chosen your vascular access surgeon in Mumbai or Navi Mumbai to review your proposed dialysis fistula surgery (av fistula)? When you cannot attend yourself, Redwood organises your existing records and questions, takes the case to that doctor and shares their recommendations.
You choose the doctor. We take your case to them.
Understand the procedure
What is dialysis fistula surgery (av fistula)?
An AV fistula joins an artery to a vein to provide access for haemodialysis. The vein needs to develop before it can usually be used. Creating or repairing dialysis access is different from assistance with routine dialysis visits.
This is general procedure information. Your chosen doctor assesses what applies to you.
Procedure information: NHS: patient information
Understand the proposed plan
What the operation may involve
Your decision, your questions
Questions for your chosen doctor
Choose the questions that matter to your situation. We record them in your own words and take them to the consultation.
- Which arm and site are best based on my vessel assessment?
- What is the likelihood of this fistula becoming usable, and what is the backup plan?
- How will dialysis be managed while the access develops?
- What checks and warning signs should I understand after surgery?
Your existing case file
Records to organise
We organise the vessel-mapping ultrasound if performed alongside your treatment history and the written procedure recommendation. We note what you want the vascular access surgeon to clarify and keep the original reports available for the consultation.
Share the records you already have. This is a document checklist, not a request for new tests.
Bring together what is available
- Vessel-mapping ultrasound if performed
- Dialysis history and current access details
- Previous fistula, graft, catheter or angioplasty records
- Nephrology recommendation and relevant medicines or circulation assessments
- Your written procedure recommendation, current prescriptions and allergy details
When you cannot attend yourself
How Redwood takes your case to your doctor
- Tell us whom you have chosen. Share the doctor’s name, hospital or clinic, and the decision you want reviewed.
- Prepare the case with us. We organise your existing records, treatment timeline and questions, then coordinate the appointment.
- We attend with your case. Your Care Steward takes the organised dialysis fistula surgery (av fistula) case file to the vascular access surgeon you selected and puts forward your recorded questions. After the consultation, we share the doctor's recommendations and consultation documents with you.
A video call during the consultation can be arranged if the doctor allows.
We respond within 12 hours of your enquiry.