Effect of preoperative functional exercise on cephalic vein diameter, anastomotic blood flow, and postoperative complications in patients with arteriovenous internal fistuloplasty Authors Juan Zhang Department of Nephrology, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, China Wei Sun Department of Anesthesiology, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, China Tingting Wang Department of Nephrology, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, China Jie Li Department of Nephrology, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, China Min Yu Department of Nephrology, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, China DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.6224 Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of preoperative functional exercise on cephalic vein diameter, anastomotic blood flow, and postoperative complications in patients with arteriovenous internal fistuloplasty. A total of 140 patients who underwent arteriovenous fistuloplasty from March 2019 to October 2021 were randomly divided into two groups: intervention group (n=70) and control group (n=70). The control group was treated with routine nursing intervention, while the intervention group was treated with preoperative functional exercise and routine nursing intervention. There was no significant difference in the diameter of cephalic vein between the two groups two weeks before the operation (p=0.742). ---Continue Downloads Full Text Article Published 2023-02-15 How to Cite Zhang, J., Sun, W., Wang, T., Li, J., & Yu, M. (2023). Effect of preoperative functional exercise on cephalic vein diameter, anastomotic blood flow, and postoperative complications in patients with arteriovenous internal fistuloplasty. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 73(3), 653–655. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.6224 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 73 No. 3 (2023): March Section SHORT COMMUNICATION