Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 659-668 , September 2008

The effect of implementation of an optimized care protocol on the outcome of arteriovenous hemodialysis access surgery

The results of this study were presented at the Annual Congress of the Dutch Society of Surgery, November 24, 2006.

  • Hans Flu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Haga Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Paul J. Breslau, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Haga Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jacqueline M. Krol-van Straaten, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dialysis, Haga Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jaap F. Hamming, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jan-Willem H. Lardenoye, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: J. H. P. Lardenoye, MD, PhD, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Department of Vascular Surgery, Albinusdreef 2, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands

Received 27 November 2007 ,Accepted 2 April 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00512-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.04.002

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 659-668 , September 2008

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