Vascular access in children: the importance of microsurgery for creation of autologous arteriovenous fistulae.
Microsurgery gives much better immediate and long term results than classical surgery for the creation of direct arteriovenous fistulae, the best chronic access to blood in children.
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Access Surgeon, Clinique Jouvenet, Paris, France. pbourquelot@sfav.org
D000293:Adolescent; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D014654:Vascular Patency