Results of a seven-year, single-centre experience of the long-term outcomes of bovine ureter grafts used as novel conduits for haemodialysis fistulas

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 958-963

  Das, Neelan ^a   Bratby, Mark J ^a   Shrivastava, Vivek ^a   Cornall, Alison J ^b   Darby, Christopher R ^b   Boardman, Philip ^b   Anthony, Susan ^a   Uberoi, Raman ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ateriovenous; Dialysis access Dialysis Haemodialysis; End stage renal disease; Fistula; Graft endograft; Stenosis restenosis; Vein; Venous intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BOVINE URETER GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISTULOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS FISTULA; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN OCCLUSION; XENOGRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANIMALS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; THROMBOSIS; URETER; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 80555126876     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-011-0096-z     Document Type: Article

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