Can you tell me how the procedure for av fistula placement works?
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Can you tell me how the procedure for av fistula placement works?
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Dr. William Purtill
Surgery - Vascular
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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Dr. William Purtill
Surgery - Vascular
In brief: Edit web address
It should read as www.Fistulafirst.Org.
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