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ACCESS TO THE CIRCULATION FOR HAEMODIALYSIS
Author(s) -
Payne John E.,
Berne Thomas V.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb71077.x
Subject(s) - vascular access , silastic , percutaneous , medicine , blood stream , circulation (fluid dynamics) , blood circulation , hemodialysis access , hemodialysis , surgery , intensive care medicine , engineering , aerospace engineering , traditional medicine
This review covers the techniques devised to obtain repeated access to the blood stream for haemodialysis. The major alternatives are external Teflon‐Silastic shunts, internal arteriovenous fistulas, or their modifications. Percutaneous catheterization techniques are used when few dialyses are anticipated. All available procedures have significant problems associated with their creation and maintenance.