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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2001) 16: 1762-1763
© 2001 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Editorial Notes

Long-term experience with the Thomas Shunt

Editor's note Please see also editorial note by Bommer pp. 1761–1762 and original article by Coronel et al. pp. 1845–1849.

Gerhard Krönung

KLN-Kreiskrankenhaus, Ottweiler, Germany

Coronel et al. (pp. 1845–1849) present a retrospective study of 27 Thomas shunts (TS), all of them implanted in femoral vessels. TSs were used, when creation of a permanent vascular access (Cimino or E-PTFE) was impossible. Average duration of function and the complication rates were much better than those . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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