Upper arm polytetrafluoroethylene grafts for dialysis access. Analysis of two different graft sizes: 6 mm and 6-8 mm

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 335-343

  García Pajares, Rosario ^a   Polo, José R ^a   Flores, Angel ^a   Gonzalez Tabares, Enrique ^a   Solís, Juan V ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROBABILITY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0141523105     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440303700505     Document Type: Article

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