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- Title
Timing of secondary arteriovenous fistula creation avoids tunneled catheter placement.
- Authors
Vachharajani, Tushar J; Atray, Naveen K; Gill, Sarjit; Zibari, Gazi; Abreo, Kenneth D
- Abstract
The concept of secondary arteriovenous fistula, though not novel, is seldom practiced for lack of initiative or hesitancy in deciding the appropriate timing to abandon the existing access. We report a case illustrating the benefits of implementing the strategy in an elderly diabetic dialysis patient, successfully avoiding a tunneled cuffed catheter placement.
- Publication
Seminars in dialysis, 2008, Vol 21, Issue 4, p364
- ISSN
1525-139X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1525-139X.2008.00448.x