Extended patency of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts for vascular access using optimal configuration and revisions.

RP Rizzuti, JC Hale, TE Burkart - Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics, 1988 - europepmc.org
During a seven year period, 189 expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts for
vascular access were implanted in 131 patients with end stage renal disease requiring long …

An evaluation of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) loop grafts in the thigh as vascular access for haemodialysis in patients with access problems.

ND Slater, AT Raftery - Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of …, 1988 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A total of 21 patients with vascular access problems received 22 PTFE loop grafts in the
thigh as vascular access for haemodialysis. Eighteen of 22 grafts supported haemodialysis …

Salvage operations for malfunctioning polytetrafluoroethylene hemodialysis access grafts

EE Etheredge, SD Haid, MN Maeser, GA Sicard… - Surgery, 1983 - surgjournal.com
During the study period a cohort of 170 of patients receiving long-term hemodialysis
treatment required placement of 214 polytetrafluoroethylene grafts for vascular access; …

Polytetrafluoroethylene graft survival in hemodialysis

R Munda, MR First, JW Alexander, CC Linnemann… - Jama, 1983 - jamanetwork.com
Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft fistulas are widely used as secondary
vascular access for patients receiving long-term hemodialysis treatment. Sixty-seven grafts …

Use of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts for vascular access in hemodialysis: laboratory and clinical evaluation.

MP Elliott, AB Gazzaniga, JM Thomas… - The American …, 1977 - europepmc.org
Vascular access for chronic hemodialysis has evolved considerably over the past 10 years
with development of vascular substitutes. The bovine heterograft is the choice of most …

Medium-term follow-up of forty autogenous vein and forty polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) grafts for vascular access

AML Jenkins, TAS Buist, SD Glover - Surgery, 1980 - surgjournal.com
Patency of 40 polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and 40 autogenous vein arteriovenous grafts
for vascular access among 56 patients is compared. Most patients required access for …

Predicting failure in polytetrafluoroethylene vascular access grafts for hemodialysis: a pilot study.

CR Shackleton, DC Taylor, AR Buckley… - Canadian Journal of …, 1987 - europepmc.org
In order to determine if serial, noninvasive evaluation of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
vascular access grafts could identify a subgroup of patients at risk for thrombosis, the …

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts for haemodialysis in chronic renal failure: assessment of durability and function at three years

A RAPAPORT, GP NOON… - Australian and New …, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
The utilization of 162 PTFE grafts for anglo access in 131 patients over a three year period is
reported. One hundred and three new PTFE arterlo‐venous flstulae were constructed in …

A prospective evaluation of PTFE graft patency and surveillance techniques in hemodialysis access

ME Cinat, J Hopkins, SE Wilson - Annals of vascular surgery, 1999 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to perform a prospective multicenter evaluation of the patency,
complications, and predictive factors of patency for 6-mm expanded polytetrafluoroethylene …

Comparison of survival of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft designed for early cannulation to standard wall polytetrafluoroethylene grafts.

DW Coyne, JA Lowell, DW Windus… - Journal of the …, 1996 - europepmc.org
BACKGROUND: Placement and maintenance of a well-functioning vascular access are
essential for delivery of adequate hemodialysis. Newly placed polytetrafluoroethylene …