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Scribner shunt

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Scribner shunt
Etymology: Belding S. Scribner, American physician, b. 1921
a type of arteriovenous bypass, used in hemodialysis, consisting of a special tube connection outside the body.


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Scribner, a long professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, is best known for developing the Scribner shunt which is credited with helping keep more than 1 million kidney patients alive on dialysis machines.
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