An alternative technique enabling vascular access for hemodialysis is de scribed. A forty-year-old man suffering from end-stage renal failure underwent a radioradial arterioarterial jump bypass. This was done successfully by using a cryopreserved venous homograft, which remained patent and functional for twenty-two months.
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