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Comparing frozen saphenous vein with G ore‐tex in vascular access for chronic hemodialysis
Author(s) -
MOUSAVI Seyed Reza,
MOATAMEDI Mohammad Reza Kalantar,
ME AKBARI Mohamad
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
hemodialysis international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.658
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1542-4758
pISSN - 1492-7535
DOI - 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2011.00578.x
Subject(s) - medicine , arteriovenous fistula , hemodialysis , fistula , surgery , thrombosis , dialysis , vein
Performing chronic hemodialysis in patients suffering from end‐stage renal disease needs a suitable vascular access like arteriovenous fistula in the upper limbs and bridge fistula in the upper or lower limbs, and also use of permanent and temporary catheters. The purpose of this study is to compare frozen saphenous vein versus using synthetic G ore‐tex vascular graft for A – V fistula. In the prospective randomized study, 70 patients needing for dialysis access were randomly divided into two groups. We performed the frozen saphenous vein A – V fistula in the test group and the G ore‐tex fistula in the control group. An assessment included function criteria (fistula thrill and murmur) and complications (infection and thrombosis) in planned intervals. At the end of the follow‐up period, the flow rates of all fistulas were assessed by D oppler sonography. The data were compared. Comparing the function criteria (fistula murmur and thrill) and the flow rate of the test group (frozen saphenous A – V fistula) and the control group ( G ore‐tex method) showed no significant difference and also no significant difference between two groups in thrombosis. Infection rate of the G ore‐tex method was significantly high (p < 0.05). Arteriovenous fistula was an acceptable alternative in chronic hemodialysis, and frozen saphenous vein arteriovenous fistula was superior to G ore‐tex arteriovenous graft in some aspects.