arteriovenostomy

plural arteriovenostomies

1. The implantation of a shunt or cannula for chronic renal dialysis.

   To save the life of Okoro, a procedure called "arteriovenostomy for renal dialysis" was recommended for him.

   2005, The News - Volume 25, page 45

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   Arteriovenostomies occurred slightly less than 30,000 times in 1992; between 1986 and 1992, the rate increased by 34 percent in white beneficiaries and by 73 percent in black beneficiaries.

   1994, Health Care Financing Review, page 84

   In contrast, Black beneficiaries were found to have substantially higher rates than White beneficiaries in the use of four procedures performed in the hospital: amputation of part of the lower limb, surgical debridement, arteriovenostomy, and bilateral orchiectomy.

   1998, Mariellen Laucht Kuehn, Cultural diversity and disability, page 27