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Tapered

Surgeons prefer this graft for patients where there may be a greater tendency toward kinking. Many surgeons feel that the 5cm of rings at the center of the graft help prevent any possible kink at the apex of a looped graft. This Ringed Graft is available in 6ram x 45cm.

GORE-TEX Vascular Grafts have been "consistently reported to have 24-month patency rates of over 70%?x In addition, a recent paper has shown "the chance of successful revision at each failure is greater than 50%72 The Straight Graft is available va~i

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Rosental, et al, found that the tapered configuration can help reduce arterial steal and high cardiac output.3Hinsdale and colleagues report that when using this graft, they have seen a reduction in thrombosis and arterial steal in the elderly population.4 The Tapered Graft is available in 4-6ram x 40cm and 4-7ram X 40cm. 3. Rosental, JJ, et al. Prevention of High Flow Problems of Arteriovenous Grafts. American Journal of Surgery 140:231-233,1980. 4. Hinsdale, JG, Lipkowitz,GS, Hoover, EL. Vascular Access for Hemodiatysis in the Elderly: Results and Perspectivesin a Geriatric Population. Dialysis& Transplantatior~ 14(10):560-565,1985.

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