in hemodialysis patients, because this vascular access type has better patency rates and fewer infectious and thrombotic complications than prosthetic arteriovenous grafts (AVG). Two studies ...

In the U.S., literature reports the time to dialysis with surgical fistula averages 135 days, but in the new study from Jeffrey Hull, MD, the Ellipsys endoAVF System reduced the average time from ...

You’ll still require surgery before starting peritoneal dialysis, but instead of creating a fistula or graft in your arm, the surgeon places a catheter in your abdomen. The filtering process ...