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Thrombosed Infected Graft

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This chapter discusses a patient on dialysis for 6 months with a left forearm loop graft who was referred to the dialysis access clinic with a thrombosed graft. Unexpectedly, it was found to be infected.

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  1. Lifetime Vascular Access, University of Texas Medical Branch, 5135 Holly Terrace, Houston, TX, 77056, USA

    Gerald A. Beathard MD, PhD

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  1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Alexander S. Yevzlin

  2. Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Seton Hall-Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine, Neptune, New Jersey, USA

    Arif Asif

  3. Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Robert R. Redfield III

  4. University of Texas Medical Branch, Houston, Texas, USA

    Gerald A. Beathard

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Beathard, G.A. (2017). Thrombosed Infected Graft. In: Yevzlin, A., Asif , A., Redfield III, R., Beathard, G. (eds) Dialysis Access Cases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57500-1_25

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