What is the effect of longer dialysis on a fistula?
Will there be damage to my fistula? This is the chief fear and anxiety of every patient (and nurse and doctor), whether dialysis is in a unit with a nurse doing the needling, at home during the day with self needling or, perhaps the most scary of all, at night and through the night, at home, alone. We use several techniques, both as reassurance and as real security, to ensure the fistula is protected.
