Prospective long-term study of patency and outcomes of 505 arteriovenous fistulas in patients with chronic renal failure: Authors experience and review of literature.

It is routine practice to transpose basilic vein during proximal brachiobasilic fistulas[ 21 ] In a series of 70 patients with brachiobasilic fistulas in order to gain easy access to veins, Hossny[ 22 ] observed that all dialysis nurses were satisfied with the transposed veins, but only 53.3% were satisfied with the elevated veins; the difference was statistically highly significant ( P < 0.001).

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