Mirosław Banasik

Limitations of Fried frailty criteria in kidney transplant recipients with arteriovenous fistulas

Background: Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are prone to development of muscle dysfunction and frailty. This study aimed to assess muscle strength and body composition alterations in KTRs, and whether an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) can influence handgrip strength (HGS) result...

Challenging creation of a hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in a patient with high division of the radial artery

The radial artery (RA), a branch of the brachial artery, is frequently utilized in a variety of medical procedures: by cardiologists for cardiac catheterization, by nephrologists for arteriovenous fistula creation, by interventional radiologists, and by plastic surgeons for free...