title: Clinical experience of arteriovenous fistulae for dialysis during an eighteen year period.
abstract: 382 Brescia-Cimino type arteriovenous fistulae were created for chronic haemodialysis. Success rate at the first attempt was 73.6% of 281 cases. The most common method of anastomosis was endtoside vein to artery type. Thrombosis was the most frequent complication, other miscellaneous complications were less common.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Central Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sisto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Riekkinen
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology