Vascular and Endovascular Surgery · 2013 · 18 citations · 17 references
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.
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Suzanne M. Skevington, Mohamed Lotfy, Kathryn A. O’Connell · Quality of Life Research · 2004 · 4.5K citations