Transposed basilic vein-brachial arteriovenous fistula. A reliable secondary-access procedure.
Over a two-year period, 25 transposed basilic vein-brachial arteriovenous fistulas were created as secondary vascular access procedures in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis. The operative technique is described in detail. One-year patency rate by life-table analysis was 85%. There were two minor complications. The procedure is advocated as a reliable secondary-access procedure when a radial-cephalic arteriovenous fistula cannot be constructed or has failed.
D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery