Native forearm fistulas utilizing the basilic vein: An underused type of vascular access

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-367

  Weyde, Wascław ^a   Letachowicz, Waldemar ^a   Krajewska, Magdalena ^a   Letachowicz, Krzysztof ^a   Watorek, Ewa ^a   Kusztal, Mariusz ^a   Porazko, Tomasz ^a   Gołebiowski, Tomasz ^a   Madziarska, Katarzyna ^a   Klinger, Marian ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Forearm fistula; Hemodialysis; Ulnar basilic fistula; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM BLOOD VESSEL; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BASAL VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIAL ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN TRANSPLANTATION; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; FOREARM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 52049102946     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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