Comparison of the efficacy of upper arm transposed arteriovenous fistulae and upper arm prosthetic grafts

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Woo, Karen ^a   Doros, Gheorghe ^b   Ng, Tina ^c   Farber, Alik ^d  

^a SCRIPPS GREEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS GRAFT; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEPHALIC VEIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 70649111304     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.07.090     Document Type: Article

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