[Hemodialysis--the arteriovenous fistula, distal to the wrist joint]

The arterio-venous fistula distal to the proc. styloides radii in the "tabatière" offers a most useful additional and very peripheral vascular access for chronic hemodialysis. It in no way compromises the further construction of arteriovenous anastomoses in be forearm in fistula failure. The results of 26 such fistulas are reported.