Surgical innovation promises better dialysis outcomes. – Brinkwire

A new technique developed by a Yale-led research team improves blood flow in surgically made blood vessels used in dialysis, enables them to last longer, and results in fewer complications than the standard technique.
The findings, based on work with hundreds of patients and supported by animal studies, appear in the Aug. 19 issue of Science Translational Medicine. 
Of more than 661,000 Americans with kidney failure, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Dise…

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