Long-term outcome of a cuffed expanded PTFE graft for hemodialysis vascular access

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1827-1831

  Tsoulfas, George ^a,b   Hertl, Martin ^a   Ko, Dicken S C ^a   Elias, Nahel ^a   Delmonico, Francis L ^a   Romano, Linda ^a   Fernandes, Isabel ^a   Schoenfeld, David ^a   Kawai, Tatsuo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLITEF IMPLANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 48549103207     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9514-z     Document Type: Article

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