{"title":"A synthetic vascular conduit (expanded PTFE) for hemodialysis access--a preliminary report.","authors":"B M Pasternak, S Paruk, S Kogan, S Levitt","doi":"10.1177/153857447701100210","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The short term follow up of the thirteen PTFE synthetic grafts placed in eleven patients for chronic hemodialysis is reported. PTFE graft appears to be a satisfactory alternative to a bovine graft for use as a subcutaneous arteriovenous conduit for hemodialysis. Its resistance to local infection is noteworthy.</p>","PeriodicalId":76789,"journal":{"name":"Vascular surgery","volume":"11 2","pages":"99-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1977-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/153857447701100210","citationCount":"11","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Vascular surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/153857447701100210","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The short term follow up of the thirteen PTFE synthetic grafts placed in eleven patients for chronic hemodialysis is reported. PTFE graft appears to be a satisfactory alternative to a bovine graft for use as a subcutaneous arteriovenous conduit for hemodialysis. Its resistance to local infection is noteworthy.