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Roberto J Manson1, Adrian Ebner, Santiago Gallo
1Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Seminars in Dialysis
|April 11, 2012
Abstract:
Although arteriovenous fistulae are the preferred form of dialysis vascular access they continue to have significant problems with maturation failure. The Optiflow device is a sutureless anastomotic conduit which could potentially reduce surgical time and also standardize the surgical procedure. We report herein on the "First in Man" experience with the Optiflow device.

