"Tube-guided" implant of bioprosthetic shunt for hemodialysis.
Implant of a bovine-derived vascular bioprosthesis as arterio-venous shunt for hemodialysis may raise some problems regarding tunnel fashioning. Therefore, we have proposed a simple "tube-guided" technique to make implant safer and to avoid complications.
Transplantation Unit, University Federico II, 80131, Naples, Italy.
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D000818:Animals; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D002417:Cattle; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D006435:Renal Dialysis