title: Diagnostic imaging of and radiologic intervention for bovine ureter grafts used as a novel conduit for hemodialysis fistulas.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objectives of our study were to review the appearances on diagnostic imaging and amenability to imaging-guided intervention of a novel bovine ureter graft (Syner-Graft 100 [SG 100]) for use as a conduit for hemodialysis fistulas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The SG 100 shows initial promise as a conduit for hemodialysis fistulas in patients with difficult vascular access. The SG 100 has characteristic appearances on diagnostic imaging and is prone to similar pathologic processes that affect autogenous venous and synthetic grafts. These grafts are readily amenable to imaging-guided percutaneous intervention, which plays a major role in prolonging graft function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom. dinuke2@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Dinuke R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Warakaulle
authors.forename: Amlyn L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Alison J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cornall
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Darby
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boardman
authors.forename: Raman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Uberoi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002417:Cattle; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014513:Ureter / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000637:transplantation*; D014654:Vascular Patency