Angiology: Open Access
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Department of Medicine and Surgery, Vascular Surgery Unit, School of Medicine,University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy

Biography

He is currently working as Professor at Department of Cardiology, his research interest include drug-coated balloon angioplasty in failing haemodialysis arteriovenous shunts: 12-month outcomes in 200 patients from the Aperto Italian registry

Publications

• Research Article   
  Prosthetic Vascular Access Creation: Learning Curve Analysis
  Author(s): Franchin M*, Tozzi M, Mozzetta G, Cervarolo MC, Nahal E, Carcano G and Piffaretti G*
  
  Aim: In the present study, we analysed the learning curve of prosthetic vascular access creation. Materials and methods: The first 50 consecutive prosthetic vascular access created by a single experienced vascular surgeon was included in this study. Primary outcomes were operative time, intervention-free access survival and functional access survival. Additional outcomes were complications of the intervention. We used the cumulative sum technique to assess the learning curve. Results: The analysis of the learning curve obtained with cumulative sum technique on operative time, interventionfree survival and functional access survival permitted to define three phases: learning (first 25 patients), expertise (following 15 patients).. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9495.19.7.230

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