Long-term Follow-up of Polyurethane Vascular Grafts for Hemoaccess Bridge Fistulas

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 516-521

  Kiyama, Hiroshi ^a,c   Imazeki, Takao ^a   Kurihara, Satoshi ^b   Yoneshima, Hideo ^b  

^a DOKKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Syuwa General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Sayama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLITEF IMPLANT; POLYURETHAN GRAFT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENOSIS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0242626559     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-003-0061-7     Document Type: Article

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