Safety and efficacy of femoral-based hemodialysis access grafts

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 691-693

  Tashjian, David B ^a,b,c   Lipkowitz, George S ^a,b   Madden, Robert L ^a,b   Kaufman, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Rhee, Sang Won ^a,b   Berman, Joel ^a,b   Norris, Marc ^a,b   McCall, Jane ^a,b  

^a Tufts University School of Medicine ^*

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INGUINAL REGION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; INFECTION; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0036550354     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.121750     Document Type: Article

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