Abstract：
BACKGROUND:The upper thigh is an alternative but infrequently used site to the forearm for placement of subcutaneous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) arteriovenous conduits in patients requiring hemodialysis for end stage renal failure. This site has the great advantage of easier accessibility for self-cannulation. METHODS:The outcome was reviewed for 74 PTFE loops placed in 61 patients between 1985 and 1991. RESULTS:Mean loop survival time was 99.8 weeks (SD 78.0) when patients with early failure (<1 week), and those patients whose loops functioned adequately until transplantation or death were excluded. Infection occurred in 12 of 74 loops. CONCLUSIONS:Thigh PTFE loops provide satisfactory medium- to long-term vascular access for hemodialysis although, like all other forms of access currently available, they fall short of the ideal for prolonged dialysis.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Khadra MH,Dwyer AJ,Thompson JFdoi
10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00405-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-04-01 00:00:00pages
280-3issue
4eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S0002-9610(96)00405-9journal_volume
173pub_type
杂志文章abstract：BACKGROUND:The teaching of surgical skills is based mostly on the traditional "see one, do one, teach one" resident-to-resident method. Surgical skills laboratories provide a new environment for teaching skills but their effectiveness has not been adequately tested. Cognitive task analysis is an innovative method to te...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(03)00120-x
更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A patient with pancreatic ascites is presented who had neither a pseudocyst nor demonstrable pancreatic duct disruption, despite the presence of both calculi and strictures in a dilated duct of Wirsung. Concurrently, the patient exhibited intractable abdominal pain characteristic of end-stage chronic alcoholic pancrea...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(79)90356-8
更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.01.004
更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.03.005
更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(01)00760-7
更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.05.018
更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(99)00197-x
更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(91)90182-d
更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.02.058
更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.04.009
更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(83)90309-4
更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(00)00491-8
更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(02)01010-3
更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.01.021
更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(88)80210-1
更新日期：1988-05-31 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.026
更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(99)80137-8
更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(97)00006-8
更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.03.034
更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/S0002-9610(99)80147-0
更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(86)90040-1
更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.09.002
更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(96)00057-8
更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Twenty-six patients with advanced melanoma metastases confined to the lower extremity underwent 28 therapeutic limb perfusions without a major complication or treatment-related death. A complete response to treatment occurred in 21 patients (81 percent). Of 16 patients, response persisted until death in 13 and was not...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(85)90006-6
更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00
