Access operation for chemotherapy and dialysis using freeze-preserved vein allografts.
Freeze-preserved vein allografts were used to perform 25 angioaccess operations, 17 for dialysis and 8 for chemotherapy purposes. The freeze preserved vein allograft has proved to be relatively cheap, highly dependable graft material, with a high patency rate and a low incidence of complications. Anticoagulation, while unnecessary in the dialysis patients, is recommended in the oncological group.
D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D001367:Axillary Vein / Q000601:surgery; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000601:surgery; D004358:Drug Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000601:surgery; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*