Creation and use of a composite polyurethane-expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft for hemodialysis access

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-94

  Nakao, Atsunori ^a,b   Miyazaki, Masashi ^a   Oka, Yoshinari ^a   Matsuda, Hiroaki ^b   Oishi, Masahiro ^b   Kokumai, Yoshiaki ^a   Kunitomo, Keiichi ^a   IsozAki, Hiroshi ^b   Tanaka, Noriaki ^b  

^a Department of Surgery   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composite graft; Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft; Vectra polyurethane graft

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLITEF; POLYURETHAN;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POLYURETHANES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0034170563     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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