The cephalic vein is located along the leading edge of the patagium or the antebrachial wing membrane (Fig. 1). The saphenous (interfemoral) vein is found in the uropatagium (tail membrane ...

BVT is a useful autologous procedure for hemodialysis and the preferred access alternative in patients without an adequate cephalic vein. Although patencies remain poor relative to other ...

The use of such veins or other access points, such as cephalic, basilic, or dorsal hand veins, when they cannot easily be found, are how doctors and nurses describe a situation as dealing with ...

Intraoperative duplex ultrasonography was used to assess the degree of venodilatation of the basilic and cephalic veins before and after the block. The site of each measurement was marked on the ...