SUBCUTANEOUS TRANSPOSITION OF ARTERIALIZED UPPER ARM VEINS FOR HEMODIALYSIS ANGIOACCESS - OPTIMAL ALTERNATIVE TO GRAFTS

Authors
SALGADO OJ TERAN NA GARCIA R HENRIQUEZ C HERRERA J RODRIGUEZITURBE B
Citation
Oj. Salgado et al., SUBCUTANEOUS TRANSPOSITION OF ARTERIALIZED UPPER ARM VEINS FOR HEMODIALYSIS ANGIOACCESS - OPTIMAL ALTERNATIVE TO GRAFTS, Vascular surgery, 32(1), 1998, pp. 81-85
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Vascular surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00422835
Volume
32
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
81 - 85
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-2835(1998)32:1<81:STOAUA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The authors report 42 subcutaneous transpositions of arterialized deep upper arm veins for hemodialysis angioaccess: 37 basilic (BaF) and 5 brachial (BrF) fistulas, done in 38 patients, 18 of them diabetics, wi th local anesthesia. Indications for BaF and BrF creation were surgica lly exhausted forearm veins and/or severe arteriosclerotic changes of distal arteries. No neurologic or circulatory complications were seen. Cumulative patency rates for all fistulas was 100% at the first month and 82% one year after surgery. BaF and BrF are optimal autogenous al ternatives to synthetic grafts.