Hand-held Doppler examination missed LSV or SSV incompetence in 11 per cent of legs, but these included cases with short-duration and low-velocity reflux of dubious clinical importance.

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Of 120 patients with germ cell tumours of the testis, 6 (5%) developed contralateral tumours; 63 patients received cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy for metastatic disease and none developed contralateral disease. By contrast, of 57 patients treated with orchiectomy alone or abdominal radiotherapy, 5 (8.8%) developed contralateral disease.

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Patency was comparable between fAVG and uAVG despite the larger caliber veins often encountered in the upper arm in carefully selected patients. Our findings support the traditional view that, in order to preserve a maximal number of access sites, the forearm location should be considered first before resorting to an upper arm graft.