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In this procedure, patients are connected to a dialysis machine which acts as an artificial kidney to remove most of the urea and restore/maintain the water and ion balance of the blood.

"The process of going to dialysis and having a needle stuck in your arm may be challenging for some people to deal with." Doctors face challenges in treating dialysis-related pain because patients ...

Each year, an increasing incidence of BVT was performed in our dialysis population ... the transposition may create significant arm swelling and patient pain or may have a higher incidence ...