TY - BOOK AU - Mohammed Ibrahim Mossad Sholah AU - Hisham Mostafa Abdelsamad , AU - Hussein Kamal Eldin Hussein , AU - Maher Abdalmoneim Mahdy , TI - Evaluation of balloon angioplasty as a treatment for non-maturing and failing hemodialysis arterio- venous fistulas / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohammed Ibrahim Mossad Sholah , KW - Angioplasty KW - Endovascular KW - Failing and failed AFV N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of General Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - Precutanous transluminal angioplasty is an effective therapy in restoring the function of failing arterio- venous fistulae, compared to surgery, PTA has several advantages, includin the fact that it is relatively simple, less invasive, short procedure causes less stress to the patient, enables immediate dialysis without the need for central venous catheters, reduce the risk for infections, and save the patient veins UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -