arteriovenostomy

English

Etymology

From arterio- +‎ veno- +‎ -ostomy.

Noun

arteriovenostomy (plural arteriovenostomies)

1. The implantation of a shunt or cannula for chronic renal dialysis.
   • 1994, Health Care Financing Review, page 84:

     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.

   • 2005, The News - Volume 25, page 45:

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

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

     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.