The impact of tunnelled vascular catheters on time to arteriovenous fistula creation.

CONCLUSIONS: The presence of a TVC is associated with a significant delay (>3 months) before physicians make a referral for surgeon review. There was no surgeon-related delay to access creation related to the presence of a TVC. PMID: 26349881 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Vascular Access - Category: Surgery Tags: J Vasc Access Source Type: research