Learn more about dialysis access surgery, as well as av fistula, av graft, and dialysis catheters, as well as the risks of vascular access for dialysis. Skip to main content Home ...

Learn what an AV fistula is, why you might need one before dialysis, how it's created, and what the risks are. ... This joins the brachial artery and the basilic vein in your upper arm.

Dialysis firms try to strong-arm Gov. Newsom into vetoing a bill capping their profits. Giraldo Garcia, left, is aided by a technician at a DaVita dialysis center in Inglewood, Calif.

Arteriovenous fistula—an access site that a vascular surgeon creates by joining an artery and vein in your arm. Arteriovenous graft—a synthetic tube that the surgeon implants to join the artery and ...

Dialysis offers a striking example of the dilemmas -- and the occasional absurdities -- that result. The number of patients is not large. In California, illegal immigrants account for about 1,350 ...

This minor surgery is usually performed in the arm. Before each dialysis treatment, your doctor may check your weight, blood pressure, pulse, and temperature.

Arm warmers have found their way to Fresenius Kidney Care in Robbinsdale, which has approximately 110 patients, DaVita St. Louis Park Dialysis Center and Hennepin Healthcare. Treatments but no cure ...

DaVita Kidney Care, the dialysis arm of DaVita HealthCare Partners, is entering a joint venture kidney-care specialty hospital chain in northeastern China that the Denver-based company says is the ...

The Tablo System promises to make dialysis easier and more convenient for patients. ... After a 30-minute setup process, which included inserting two 14-gauge needles into his left arm, ...

About 5,500 immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally need dialysis. The publicly funded insurance they're eligible to receive only covers the treatment when it's urgently required.