Brachiocephalic jump graft fistula: an alternative for dialysis use of elbow crease veins.

Elbow crease fistula can be an alternative for autologous vascular access. Either brachiocephalic or brachiobasilic fistulas could be chosen according to the venous anatomy at the elbow crease. When a median antecubital vein is not present, the cephalic vein is usually too far away from the brachial artery.

Long-term follow-up of 6-8 mm brachioaxillary polytetrafluorethylene grafts for hemodialysis.

Eight millimeter expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PTFE) grafts, tapered to 6 mm at the arterial site, are used by our group in the upper arm in order to avoid midgraft stenosis observed with other graft sizes. Long-term results (1-12 years) on 157 6-8 mm brachioaxillary e-PTFE grafts (Gore-Tex) are analyzed. Early failure was found in 4 grafts (2.

Microsurgical treatment of varicocele in adolescents.

Between March 1990 and November 1992, 22 adolescents with varicocele, 13 unilateral left and 4 bilateral, are presented. They were all treated with microsurgical techniques by shunting the venous drainage by means of a spermatic inferior epigastric end-to-side anastomosis. The results achieved have been optimum with the clinical disappearance of varicose veins in 100% of the cases and the elimination of the spontaneous reflux of the interna spermatic vein in 100% of the patients shown by echodoppler.

Microsurgery in gaining paediatric vascular access for haemodialysis.

One hundred and one surgical procedures performed in children for construction and maintenance of vascular accesses for haemodialysis were retrospectively analyzed. There were 86 operations performed to create a new fistula in patients without vascular access or with nonrecoverable failed angio-access. Fifteen surgical procedures were performed to treat fistula complications.