Outcomes of Upper Arm Arteriovenous Fistulas for Maintenance Hemodialysis Access

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-208

  Fitzgerald, Jason T ^a,c   Schanzer, Andres ^a   Chin, Andrew I ^b   McVicar, John P ^a   Perez, Richard V ^a   Troppmann, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Housestaff Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM BLOOD VESSEL; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRACHIOBASILIC ARTERY; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN ANTECUBITAL VEIN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0842288283     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.139.2.201     Document Type: Article

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