Eric Gardner

vascular surgeon acrobat my practice focuses solely on dialysis access surgery because dialysis patients are the best patients

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@Avabelly__ I’ve scrolled through many of your posts and decided you are a terrible human being.

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

Wowzers. I wonder how long this has been developing in the dialysis unit? Somebody call a surgeon, stat!! @wasse_m @robshahverdyan @NMawlaMD #gatoradebottlecapistoosmall 🤣🤣

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@YuoTheodore @robshahverdyan @NMawlaMD @jflucas3 @wasse_m No news is good news! Catheter has been out for a couple months.

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

The smallest (to my knowledge) single incision basilic vein transposition. First one I’ve ever done…usually I make 2 incisions but felt like being a little crazy and was able to complete it with just one.

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@TransplantSrgn That was about 4 cars ago. Since then I’ve had a Maybach, a G63 4x4 squared, a Bentley Bentayga Speed, and now my daily is the Black Badge RR Cullinan😂

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

Did a thing…#ferrarif8tributo

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@TransplantSrgn @robshahverdyan @NMawlaMD @jflucas3 @wasse_m I don’t do “lifts.” The vein never stays there no matter how you close the pocket. Creating a new tunnel ensures the vein stays superficial throughout the course of the cannulation zone. I’ve actually never done a lift but I see other surgeon’s work and the patients hate it.

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@TransplantSrgn @robshahverdyan @NMawlaMD @jflucas3 @wasse_m I performed a new tunnel…transected the vein, passed it through the tunnel, and re-anastomosed it at the juxta segment end to end. Her skin laxity allowed me to get the tunnel far up into the axilla. Wouldn’t have been able to do this on a skinny patient.

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@robshahverdyan @wasse_m @NMawlaMD @jflucas3 mm are easier for us Americans to grasp. I just don’t understand how 100 of them make a centimeter.

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@wasse_m @robshahverdyan @NMawlaMD @jflucas3 Post op ultrasound showed it at 2mm from the skin throughout the entire cannulation zone. Just like the last 4,500🤩

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@robshahverdyan @NMawlaMD @jflucas3 @wasse_m That’s a one and a half inch incision!

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@YuoTheodore @robshahverdyan @NMawlaMD @jflucas3 @wasse_m Will do for sure!

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@robshahverdyan @NMawlaMD @jflucas3 @wasse_m I don’t understand centimeters, bro. 😂 She gave me 6 inches of vein that will be easily cannulatable.

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

#gturn #gwagon Snow day fun!!

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@NMawlaMD @Qarnihassan4 @robshahverdyan @VASAMD @jflucas3 @wasse_m @ASDINNews Huge pseudoaneurysm with color flow throughout. Not going to heal anytime soon!

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@Qarnihassan4 @NMawlaMD @robshahverdyan @VASAMD @jflucas3 @wasse_m @ASDINNews Planning on an interposition with Artegraft next week. Placing the incision medially so the nurses won’t have to stick through the scar

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

How to screw up a perfectly good 6 month old BVT with one poorly placed needle using the oh so prevalent sword fighting cannulation technique…🙄🙄

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@GloriousPCMD @NMawlaMD @robshahverdyan @VASAMD @jflucas3 @wasse_m @ASDINNews When they find the vein like this…

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@wasse_m @BrouwerMaier @VASAMD @ASDINNews @NMawlaMD @robshahverdyan @jwynn9154 I’ve never not been able to re-tunnel a wide open basilic vein. Although that’s the nicest superficialization I’ve ever seen I still hate that long scar. I suspect cannulation will be difficult, just avoid thru and thru sticks close to the elbow.

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@robshahverdyan @wasse_m @ASDINNews @VASAMD @CKeithOzaki @NMawlaMD Haha just me and my assistant and a long Richardson retractor. The confluence of the basilic and brachial veins can get a little harrowing and I’m not afraid to make another incision between the two shown there if I can’t see well enough. I love me some branchless basilics tho😂

[Eric Gardner @ericgardnermd]

@wasse_m @robshahverdyan @ASDINNews @VASAMD @CKeithOzaki @NMawlaMD 17 years ago, when I decided to limit my practice to HD access, I went out to the units and spent time with the techs and nurses. Figured if I made their lives easier, your life would be easier, the patients’ lives would be easier, and I’d get all the business. Life is good🌟👌