BVT is a useful autologous procedure for hemodialysis and the preferred access alternative in patients without an adequate cephalic vein. Although patencies remain poor relative to other ...

Patient 4 was 47 years of age when unprovoked superficial-vein thrombosis (cephalic-vein thrombophlebitis) developed. At that time, an IgG lambda M protein was detected at a level of 0.13 g per ...

Intraoperative duplex ultrasonography was used to assess the degree of venodilatation of the basilic and cephalic veins before and after the block. The site of each measurement was marked on the ...

Once the skin has been cleaned, we make a 5cm incision below the collarbone and open it up with scissors to get a clear view of the cephalic vein. We make a tiny nick in the vein with a small pair ...

Patients with poor-quality perforating veins but good cephalic or basilic veins should have a surgical fistula. Understanding that the full potential must still be evaluated in ongoing studies, what ...

Pers(Katuray) flowers were done on the 4th day where the highest RBS was noted. Blood samples were obtained from the saphenous and cephalic veins of the non-anesthetized subjects. The blood samples ...

Midlines were defined as vascular access devices inserted in the veins of the upper extremity that terminated in the brachial, basilic or cephalic veins of the arm at or near the axillary line. Thus, ...

After 30 min, two catheters were aseptically inserted, one into a cephalic vein and one into a dorsal pedal artery. Respiratory and cardiovascular variables were monitored using a multiparameter ...

The animals were initially anesthetized with isoflurane (2–5% in oxygen) during surgery. Then, a catheter was inserted into the left cephalic vein and anesthesia was switched to α-chloralose (65 mg/kg ...

That said, I’ve salvaged many central vein restenoses with existing large ePTFE stent grafts ... Finally, a cautionary note—while some data have shown that devices provide better outcomes in cephalic ...