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Arteriovenous fistula operations are the most frequent procedures to enhance hemodialysis and to increase quality of life in chronic renal failure. The most frequent late period complication due to fistula is aneurysm. I...

There is no consensus on the selection of peritoneal dialysis catheter implantation techniques, and whether to choose surgery or the percutaneous method, because of the advantages and disadvantages of both techniques. We...

Pericardial dialysate leakage in peritoneal dialysis patients is a rare but serious complication. Increase in intraabdominal pressure, peritonitis, adhesion due to abdominal procedures, and cardiac and pericardial proced...

Saliva as a microfluidic system offers numerous advantages for both general and oral health diagnostic and therapeutic procedures since its assembly is quick, stress-free, inexpensive and non-invasive. Moreover, saliva i...

OBJECTIVE: Secondary arteriovenous fi stula (AVF) management with saphenous vein (SV) graft and basilic vein transposition (BVT) in HD-dependent patients are good alternatives. A concurrent series of patients was reviewe...

Renal parenchymal biopsy and pathologic evaluation of transplanted kidney supply valuable diagnostic information. However, the invasive nature of biopsy procedure limits its widespread use in many centers. We undertook t...

Abstract Background Access to surgical care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) such as Tanzania is extremely limited. Northern Tanzania is served by a single tertiary referral hospital, Kilimanjaro Christian Med...

"Background Computer navigation during surgery can help oncologic surgeons perform more accurate resections. However, some navigation studies suggest that this tool may result in unique intraoperative problems and increa...