Graft rescue for haemodialysis arterio-venous grafts: Is it worth doing and which factors predict a good outcome?

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 248-250

  Chen, C Y Y ^a   Teoh, M K ^b  

^a New Changi Hospital   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arterio venous grafts; Graft rescue; Haemodialysis

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; STENOSIS; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POLYURETHANES; RENAL DIALYSIS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031683588     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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