Tag: sAVF

US survey shows lack of kidney patient awareness of minimally invasive...

A survey recently conducted by Medtronic and the US National Kidney Foundation (NKF) found that patients undergoing haemodialysis lack awareness about minimally invasive treatment...

EndoAVF maturation rates “similar” to surgical but bolstered by reinterventions

Published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS), new research by Theodore H Yuo (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA) and others has...

EndoAVF found usually less cost effective compared with sAVF

The Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS) 50th Annual Symposium (25–29 March, Miami, USA) hosted a series of abstract presentations. Among them was one...
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PAVF less likely to result in steal syndrome and wound infection...

Percutaneous endovascular arteriovenous fistula (pAVF) procedures carry a lower risk of steal syndrome and wound infection than surgical arteriovenous fistula creation (sAVF), a new...
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Study indicates lower wound infection and surgical reintervention rates in pAVF...

A single-centre, retrospective, comparative study, which was presented at the July 2021 Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) Journal Club (14 July, online), has found...

Cannulation difficulties among biggest hurdles for device-created fistulas

Difficulties in cannulation are currently as pressing as any other challenge facing patients who undergo device-enabled arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation for dialysis. This was...