Inject about 5 ml of prilocaine (Xylonest®) 1% into the distal left forearm between the cephalic vein and radial artery.
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Local anesthesia
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Dissecting the cephalic vein
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Remark: Since this is a text-to-speech computer voice, it may mispronounce some medical terminology.Fashion an approximately 3 cm long longitudinal incision between radial artery and cephalic vein. Dissect and isolate the vein in the subcutaneous plane. Initially preserve the continuity of the shunt vein to protect its endothelium.
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Note the switch to atraumatic forceps at the start of the vessel dissection.
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Dissecting the radial artery
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Remark: Since this is a text-to-speech computer voice, it may mispronounce some medical terminology.Make a radial incision into the connective tissue of the sheath and expose the radial artery. Encircle the artery centrad and distad with vessel loops.
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Make sure to protect the dorsal branch of the radial nerve, which runs to the anatomical snuff-box.
Preparing the end-of-vein-to-side-of-artery anastomosis, checking shunt vein patency
The cephalic vein has a branch allowing creation of a flared anastomosis. To this end, divide the p
The cephalic vein has a branch allowing creation of a flared anastomosis. To this end, divide the p
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