Michigan Vascular Access News
Fistula of the Month
May 2004

This wrist fistula was created in 1974, and reportedly has required no intervention since that time. If you were on dialysis, would you want an access that worked for 30 years without a problem?

If you have a candidate for " Fistula of the Month
," please send a photograph and signed release for use to Michigan Vascular Access, PO Box 510444, Livonia, MI, 48151, or e-mail to MichVascAccess@aol.com. Names will not be published, but if requested the Dialysis unit or Nephrologist can be credited, and the patient will be sent a voucher for dinner for two.