IN retrospective clinical study with prospective follow-up preoperative mapping of blood vessels (both arms and forearms) before arteriovenous fistula construction in elderly patients was analyzed. It was found that construction of arteriovenous fistula is possible in the majority of elderly patients, with no significant difference according to sex or diabetes status.
COBISS.SI-ID: 26213337
Vascular access for hemodialysis were analyzed in patients treated by chronic hemodialysis for 30 years or more. The patients were identified from the Slovenian RRT registry, started hemodialysis in 1978 or earlier. Although the majority of patients had native AV fistula, it was demonstrated than more than 30-year survival on hemodialysis is possible also with subsequent use of PTFE-graft and hemodialysis catheters.
COBISS.SI-ID: 26182361