The mid-thigh loop arteriovenous graft: Patient selection, technique, and results

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 825-828

  Scott, John D ^a   Cull, David L ^a,b   Kalbaugh, Corey A ^a   Carsten, Christopher G ^a   Blackhurst, Dawn ^a   Taylor, Spence M ^a   Snyder, Bruce A ^a   York, John W ^a   Langan, Eugene M ^a  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SELECTION; POLITEF IMPLANT; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; FEMORAL ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIGH; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIGH; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33750097256     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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