Construction of fistula between a. brachialis and V. basilica transposed into subcutaneous tissue of the arm as a preparation for haemodialysis treatment
Breza, J.
Czechoslovak Medicine 9(1): 38-43
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0139-9179 PMID: 3086058 Document Number: 268544
Technique and tactics of the construction of arteriovenous fistula between a. brachialis and v. basilica transposed into the subcutaneous tissue of the arm are described. It is advantagenous to use this fistula construction in "problematic" patients when there are no other possibilities for an arteriovenous shunt. In comparison with arteriovenous fistulas of vascular grafts and of artificial vascular prostheses the described method has an advantage only in one vascular anastomosis, since straight fistula form is involved, kinking of the arterialized vein cannot occur and, finally, fistula is formed from an autologous vessel which is always thick enough even in little children and gracile women.