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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2696-130X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de angiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. angiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2696-130X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Angiología, Cirugía Vascular y Endovascular A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2696-130X2023000300101</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/rma.23000014</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Transposición de vena safena mayor en región anterior del muslo como alternativa de tratamiento dialítico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Transposition of the great saphenous vein in the anterior region of the thigh as an alternative to dialysis treatment]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valdés-Dupeyrón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Osvaldo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Robles]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Javier]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Espinales-Casanova]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lidia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sacoto-Mazzini]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrés G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-Marcos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lisette]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rubio-Cala]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Verdi Cevallos Balda Departamento de Cirugía ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Manabí ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Técnica de Manabí Departamento de Medicina Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Manabí ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Asociación Médica Renal Portoviejo Departamento de Nefrología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Manabí ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital de Especialidades de Portoviejo Departamento de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Manabí ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>51</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>101</fpage>
<lpage>105</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2696-130X2023000300101&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2696-130X2023000300101&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2696-130X2023000300101&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La creación de fístulas arteriovenosas en miembros inferiores puede constituir una alternativa valiosa en pacientes con enfermedad renal terminal y agotamiento de accesos vasculares en extremidades superiores. En el presente artículo se presentan dos pacientes con agotamiento de accesos vasculares en extremidades superiores en los cuales después de una evaluación exhaustiva se decidió la confección de fístula entre arteria femoral superficial y la vena safena mayor en asa anterior del muslo derecho. Ambos casos evolucionaron favorablemente y comenzaron a dializar 45 días después de la cirugía con una permeabilidad primaria de un año y más de tres años, respectivamente.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The creation of arteriovenous fistulas in the lower limbs can be a valuable alternative in patients with end-stage renal disease and nonviable vascular access options in upper extremities. In the present article, two patients with exhaustion of vascular accesses in the upper extremities are presented. After an exhaustive assessment, it was decided to create a fistula between the superficial femoral artery and the great saphenous vein in the anterior loop of the right thigh. Both cases evolved favorably and began dialysis 45 days after surgery with a primary patency of one year and more than three years, respectively.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Accesos vasculares en miembros inferiores]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Fístulas arteriovenosas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Superficialización en asa de vena safena]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vascular access in the lower extremities]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Arteriovenous fistulas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Saphenous vein loop transposition]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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