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Use of arteriovenous fistulas has provided undeniable benefit to uraemic patients. Venous hypertension (sore thumb syndrome), however, develops and necessitates recreation of fistulas in some patients. Side-to-side anastomosis, an original type of anastomosis introduced by Brescia and Cimino, is prone to develop this syndrome.
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Kootstra, G., Jörning, P.J.G. (1983). Abstracts of posters in Haemodynamic sequelae of arteriovenous fistulas. In: Kootstra, G., Jörning, P.J.G. (eds) Access Surgery. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6592-8_27
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