Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published findings report that, for vascular access in hemodialysis, the creation of an arteriovenous fistula ...

Selecting the most effective hemodialysis access method is arguably the most crucial decision in managing end-stage renal disease. Two of the most widely used surgical options are the Cimino ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new, minimally invasive system which uses radiofrequency energy instead of open surgery to create ...

Arteriovenous Fistula Occurring after Operation on Lumbar Intervertebral Disk. Alertness to this occasional complication of lumbar-disk surgery and knowledge of its repair are important since two ...

Long-term hemodialysis is a lifesaver for approximately half a million patients in the United States with kidney failure (also known as end-stage renal disease, or ESRD) who are either waiting on or ...

An AV fistula may fail for various reasons, including low or poor blood flow, failure to mature, excessive pain, a sclerotic vein, and a thrombotic vein. Failure can be disheartening to a patient who ...

Briefly, this is how the AV fistula operation is performed: After ad-ministering local anesthesia, the surgeon makes a small incision over the patient’s radial pulse, mobilizes the radial artery, and ...

Long-term hemodialysis is a lifesaver for approximately half a million patients in the United States with kidney failure (also known as end-stage renal disease, or ESRD) who are either waiting on or ...

Dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) are abnormal connections between arteries and veins within the covering of the brain (dura). Unlike brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), these abnormal vessel ...

Spinal vascular malformations, also known as spinal arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), are the result of an abnormal connection between arteries and veins that occurs within the spinal canal or ...

The Progressive Healthworkers Forum, a coalition of multidisciplinary healthcare professionals, is offering free AV fistula surgeries to chronic kidney disease patients across Delta State to mark ...

The endoscopic device manufactured by Maquet was originally developed for harvesting of the saphenous vein and radial artery as conduits for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. These vessels are ...