Is routine preoperative ultrasonographic mapping for arteriovenous fistula creation necessary in patients with favorable physical examination findings? Results of a randomized controlled trial

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1100-1107

  Nursal, Tarik Z ^a   Oguzkurt, Levent ^a   Tercan, Fahri ^a   Torer, Nurkan ^a   Noyan, Turgut ^a   Karakayali, Hamdi ^a   Haberal, Mehmet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL;

ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL ARTERY; RENAL DIALYSIS; ULNAR ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEINS;

EID: 33744763990     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0586-8     Document Type: Article

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