Vascular Access Outcome in the Elderly Dialysis Patient in Combination With the Quality of Life

Conclusions:
The BCAVFs give significantly higher primary and primary-assisted patency rates and also significantly higher secondary patency rates at 1 and 2 years. Therefore, we suggest the placement of elbow fistulae in the elderly patients. The QOL was surprisingly high in this population despite a high mortality rate.

Source: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery - August 6, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Leur, K. d., Ozturk, C., Zeeland, M. L. P. V., Groot, H. G. W. d., Heyligers, J. M. M., Vriens, P. W. H. E., Ho, G. H., Laan, L. v. d. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research