Communicating with it distally was a dilated basilic vein, which was abnormal in diameter throughout its entire extent to the lower forearm. In the forearm and the upper arm were many similar ...

The DOQI guidelines acknowledge the problems with basilic vein transposition (BVT) as two: the transposition may create significant arm swelling and patient pain or may have a higher incidence of ...

During the 9-year study period from November 1992 to October 2001, 1,601 initial hemodialysis accesses were placed, consisting of 741 prosthetic grafts (46.3%), 690 simple AVF (43.1%), and 170 ...