New graft for low friction tunneling in vascular access surgery

Journal of Vascular Access

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-24

  Schild, A Frederick ^a,b   Baltodano, N M ^a   Alfieri, K ^a   Livingstone, J ^a   Raines, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary patency; PTFE graft; Seroma; Tunneling; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRICTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 2542458364     PISSN: 11297298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112972980400500105     Document Type: Article

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