New location for polytetrafluorethylene graft.

Cimino-Brescia performed in 1966 an internal by-pass between an artery and a peripheral vein resulting in an internal arteriovenous fistula (FAVI). Since then, it has been the most used and first chosen vascular access for haemodialysis. Due to the regular use of the access, as well as the patients' chronic condition and the associated pathologies, vascular access can become exhausted, necessitating continuous research and new alternatives to be resorted to.