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Creating Radio-cephalic Arteriovenous Fistula in the Forearm with a Modified No-Touch Technique
Published on: April 1, 2022
Percutaneous Creation of Hemodialysis Fistulas
1Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Imaging Toronto-University Health Network/University of Toronto, 585 University Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 2N2. dheeraj.rajan@uhn.ca.
Abstract:
Non-surgical, percutaneous, or endovascular hemodialysis arteriovenous creation represent an evolution of access creation away from traditional surgical fistulas. These fistulas are additional to surgical alternatives and published studies with the two commercially available devices suggest positive outcomes in terms of technical success, maturation, functionality, and patency. Relevant published studies are presented, and other considerations related to these new devices/procedures are also summarized.
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