Vascular access for chronic dialysis using the superficial femoral vein.

Purpose: We report our experience in using the superficial femoral vein to create hemodialysis (HD) arteriovenous (AV) fistulas. Surgery was performed on six patients (four female, two male). Indications for surgery included previous fistula loss, graft infection and exhaustion of typical shunt sites.

The 'sleeve' anastomosis method for hemodialysis shunts: an eleven-year follow-up study.

Purpose: The problem of long form fistula for hemodialysis is well known among vascular surgeons because of frequent thromboses in anastomotic place. One of the pro-thrombotic factors is suture in the vessel's lumen. Since the 'sleeve' method prevents this, the patency rate should improve.

Analysis of microsatellite instability and loss of heterozygosity in breast cancer with the use of a well characterized multiplex system.

Analysis of microsatellite instability (MI) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) is recommended for screening patients with sporadic and hereditary malignancies. This study shows an application of a fluorescent hexaplex PCR system for microsatellite typing on A.L.