Native arteriovenous fistula or interposition of a synthetic graft for vascular access is crucial for dialysis patients. Optimal surgical technique, microsurgery instrumentation and preventive hemostasis are considered beneficial for a successful surgical outcome. We describe a simple and novel maneuver using soft-feeding tubes to facilitate the manipulation of veins and perform successful anastomoses without using microsurgery instrumentation or vascular clamps during operations for vascular access.
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