Salvage of bovine graft arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis.
This report describes three patients with complications of bovine graft implanted for chronic dialysis. The three complications were surgically corrected so that each graft could be used again for hemodialysis access.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000637:transplantation*; D002417:Cattle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000009:adverse effects*