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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: sullidog on April 30, 2010, 08:05:03 PM

Title: interesting way to refer to a dialysis access
Post by: sullidog on April 30, 2010, 08:05:03 PM

There was a story in our local paper about a lady that has kidney disease, the paper refered her as having a steer carotid artery as her dialysis access. My question is I've never heard of an access called that, is that something new or did the paper get it wrong?
Troy

Title: Re: interesting way to refer to a dialysis access
Post by: Marsh on April 30, 2010, 08:52:51 PM

I have a bovine graft.  I don't know if it was a carotid artery.   It's used instead of Gortex.

Title: Re: interesting way to refer to a dialysis access
Post by: texasstyle on May 01, 2010, 07:01:03 AM

Cartoid arteries extened up the neck to supply oxygen to the neck. I'm sure positive on the location of them through out the rest of the body. I'm assuming she has a further medical complication that is requiring this. I'm curious to find out more simply because I've never heard of this. Hhmm..

Title: Re: interesting way to refer to a dialysis access
Post by: Rerun on May 01, 2010, 07:32:48 AM

I think I'm going to pass out!  The thought of them putting 2 needles in my neck!  OMG!

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Title: Re: interesting way to refer to a dialysis access
Post by: paris on May 01, 2010, 04:08:36 PM

I think Marsh has it right.  Bovine = steer, so a bovine carotid artery grafted to use as the access.  Does that make sense?  A piece of cow's carotid artery instead of using  Gortex?    Looking forward to the answer.  Maybe I will google it!

Title: Re: interesting way to refer to a dialysis access
Post by: RightSide on May 01, 2010, 08:45:33 PM

Quote from: paris on May 01, 2010, 04:08:36 PM

I think Marsh has it right.  Bovine = steer, so a bovine carotid artery grafted to use as the access.  Does that make sense?  A piece of cow's carotid artery instead of using  Gortex? 

It would make sense,
except I would expect that the patient's immune system would attack the cow's artery as foreign and reject it, just like a transplanted organ can end up with rejection.

Perhaps they "scrub" all the antigens out of it?  I've heard they do that with replacement heart valves that are made from animal tissue.