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Dialysis Access Surgery: Lifeline Procedures for Kidney Patients

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  Dialysis access surgery is an apt procedure that is carried out in patient s with ESRD, where individuals are lacked the ability of their kidneys to perform their basic permissible functions, and they require dialysis for the same. The primary purpose of this surgery is to allow for receiving dialysis by creating a clean line to provide access to the circulatory system in order to facilitate filtering and cleansing of blood. Keratinocyte growth factor is mainly administered using this type of access and the success of dialysis is highly dependent on such access. Hence, it becomes necessary for the patients and carers to familiarize themselves with the various types of access for dialysis; the surgery that is done; and the management of patient after the operation. Types of Dialysis Access There are three primary types of dialysis access: tracking includes Arteriovenous (AV) fistulas, AV grafts and Central Venous Catheters (CVC). That returns to the type of each: indications of each