title: Scribner shunt conversion to arteriovenous fistula.
abstract: Scribner shunts were converted to arteriovenous fistulas in twenty-six patients, with long-term success in twenty patients. Infection with loss of the fistula was a problem in two patients. The fistulas were used for home as well as center dialysis and as a primary blood access site as well as a backup site.
mesh_terms: D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*