The basilic vein offers many advantages over the other arm veins relative to arteriovenous access. First, the basilic vein remains hidden and relatively unused owing to its deep position on the ...

At eight weeks, the fistula was mature and able to be cannulated for hemodialysis. Case #2: Transposition and creation of brachial-basilic AV fistula with endoscopic vein harvesting.

During the 9-year study period from November 1992 to October 2001, 1,601 initial hemodialysis accesses were placed, consisting of 741 prosthetic grafts (46.3%), 690 simple AVF (43.1%), and 170 ...

Many hemodialysis patients lack common superficial veins used for standard AV fistula options and therefore require transposition of a deep vein for autogenous hemodialysis. 4 Initially, a deep ...