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Can you tell me how the procedure for av fistula placement works?

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Surgery - Vascular

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In brief: It works well.

A fistula is the best option for long-term hemodialysis.

Your own artery and vein are connected in a small surgical procedure. It takes 6 weeks or more to grow or mature and then 2 needles are inserted for dialysis. There is no artificial material as in an av graft so the fistulas stay open. See www, fistulafirst, org for more info.

In brief: It works well.

A fistula is the best option for long-term hemodialysis.

Dr. William Purtill

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Dr. Michael Korona

Radiology - Interventional

In brief: Surgery

Surgery to connect arm artery and arm vein together. Check out emedicine.

Medscape.Com and look at dialysis fistulas.

In brief: Surgery

Surgery to connect arm artery and arm vein together. Check out emedicine.

Medscape.Com and look at dialysis fistulas.

Dr. Michael Korona

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Dr. Alan Koslow

Surgery - Vascular

In brief: Very well

Sorry for quip. You hook up an artery and a vein so the vein gets thicker and bigger and carries more blood so that there is enough to flow through dialysis machine.

In brief: Very well

Sorry for quip. You hook up an artery and a vein so the vein gets thicker and bigger and carries more blood so that there is enough to flow through dialysis machine.

Dr. Alan Koslow

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