Use of the Flixene vascular access graft as an early cannulation solution Xavier Berard, MD, PhD, Nicolas Ottaviani, MD, Vincenzo Brizzi, MD, Sebastien Deglise, MD, Valérie de Precigout, MD, Eric Ducasse, MD, PhD, Christian Combe, MD, PhD, Dominique Midy, MD, PhD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 62, Issue 1, Pages 128-134 (July 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.002 Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Graft freshly implanted in thigh with drawings showing potential cannulation sites (hatched) and flow direction (arrow). Dressings cover the cutdown for the femoral vessel approach (1), cutdown for loop tunnelization (2), and suction drain (3). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 128-134DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.002) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier primary, primary assisted, and secondary patency curves for the 46 grafts implanted. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 128-134DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.002) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier primary, primary assisted, and secondary patency curves for the 39 cannulated grafts. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 128-134DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.002) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Kaplan-Meier primary, primary assisted, and secondary patency curves for the 32 grafts cannulated early. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 128-134DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.002) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions