Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 203-209 , March 2008

Surgical Bypass of Symptomatic Central Venous Obstruction for Arteriovenous Fistula Salvage in Hemodialysis Patients

  • Ahmed Suliman
    • ,
  • Joshua I. Greenberg
    • ,
  • Niren Angle

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Niren Angle, MD, RVT, FACS, Section of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, Mail Code 8403, San Diego, CA 92103, USA

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 Presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Southern California Vascular Surgical Society, San Diego, CA, May 6, 2007.

PII: S0890-5096(08)00006-X

doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.11.001

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 203-209 , March 2008

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