Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 1149-1154 , December 2000

The effect of a venous anastomosis Tyrell vein collar on the primary patency of arteriovenous grafts in patients undergoing hemodialysis

Presented at the Twenty-third Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Naples, Fla, Jan 27-30, 1999.

Received 1 February 1999 ,Accepted 4 January 2000.

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☆ Competition of interest: nil.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Paul J. Gagne, MD, NYU Medical Center, 530 First Ave, Suite 6F, New York, NY, 10016 (e-mail: paul.gagne@ med.nyu.edu ).

PII: S0741-5214(00)19479-0

doi: 10.1067/mva.2000.109204

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 1149-1154 , December 2000

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