Vascular Access in Children: The Importance of Microsurgery for Creation of Autologous Arteriovenous Fistulae

Accepted 26 April 2006. published online 06 June 2006.

Microsurgery gives much better immediate and long term results than classical surgery for the creation of direct arteriovenous fistulae, the best chronic access to blood in children.

Keywords: Angioaccess, Arteriovenous fistula, Child, Microsurgery, Hemodialysis

Access Surgeon, Clinique Jouvenet, Paris, France

Corresponding author. Dr. Pierre Bourquelot, MD, Vascular Surgeon, Clinique Jouvenet, Paris, France.

Update on Renal Access and Transplanation – one of a series of educational articles edited by Mr Christopher Gibbons, Swansea, UK.

PII: S1078-5884(06)00212-7

doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.04.010

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