[Transposition of the basilic vein in the arm for vascular access in hemodialysis].

The author presents an account on a less frequently used vascular approach suitable in particular in patients with repeated a-v shunts. The group comprises 10 patients operated in 1994-1995. The patency up to one year was 80%, after two years 7 shunts are patent, one female patient died one year after establishment of the shunt with the shunt in a functional state. One shunt closed after six months and the second one 11 months after operation. Complications were recorded in three patients, in none of them abolition of the shunt was necessary. Based on the author's experience and data in the literature the authors assume that this approach is a useful alternative to secondary vascular approaches with better results than those of vascular prostheses.