Apart from long-term central venous catheterisation, the insertion of an arteriovenous graft (AVG) remains the only option to allow continued haemodialysis when the patient's superficial veins have been exhausted. Although, expanded PTFE has become the graft of choice for haemodialysis access throughout the world, many other organic or semi-organic materials are currently available for AVG construction. These are less prone to steal syndrome, easier to handle, more resistant to infection and may have similar, if not better, long term patencies.

Grafts and graft materials as vascular substitutes for haemodialysis access construction / L. Berardinelli. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY. - ISSN 1078-5884. - 32:2(2006), pp. 203-211. [10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.01.001]

Grafts and graft materials as vascular substitutes for haemodialysis access construction

L. Berardinelli
Primo
2006

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Apart from long-term central venous catheterisation, the insertion of an arteriovenous graft (AVG) remains the only option to allow continued haemodialysis when the patient's superficial veins have been exhausted. Although, expanded PTFE has become the graft of choice for haemodialysis access throughout the world, many other organic or semi-organic materials are currently available for AVG construction. These are less prone to steal syndrome, easier to handle, more resistant to infection and may have similar, if not better, long term patencies.
Haemodialysis; Prosthetic grafts; Vascular access
Settore MED/18 - Chirurgia Generale
2006
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