Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2885862 | Annals of Vascular Surgery | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The PRA remains a viable first access procedure undertaken at our institution. Compared with the reported 12-month assisted primary patency of this fistula type, we found a small percentage of PRAs actually being accessed for successful hemodialysis treatment. The S-PRA appears to have a significantly higher successful cannulation rate, functional patency, and total duration time when compared with the P-PRA in patients receiving hemodialysis treatments. The mechanism of these improved outcomes is not known; considering patency or thrombosis of a previous access in the S-PRA group did not predict future access success in the same extremity.
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Authors
Michael F. Amendola, John Pfeifer, Francisco Albuquerque, Luke Wolfe, Mark M. Levy, Ronald K. Davis,