2025

Miller, Lily Mae, Douglas, Peter, Glen, Julie and Aitken, Emma (2025) Renal arterial anatomy: implications for normothermic machine perfusion in renal transplantation. Clinical Anatomy, (doi: 10.1002/ca.24286) (Early Online Publication)

Ramasamy Muthuraman, Sri Ran and Aitken, Emma (2025) Evaluating the impact of Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) creation on kidney function. Journal of Nephrology, (Accepted for Publication)

Edgar, Ben, Stevenson, Karen, Aitken, Emma, Jackson, Andrew, Thomas, Shannon, Snoeijs, Maarten, Franchin, Marco, Tozzi, Matteo and Kingsmore, David B. (2025) A review of technical steps in the performance of arteriovenous fistula creation. Journal of Vascular Access, (doi: 10.1177/11297298251328715) (PMID:40275518) (Early Online Publication)

2024

Kingsmore, D. B. et al. (2024) Quality assurance in surgical trials of arteriovenous grafts for haemodialysis: a systematic review, a narrative exploration and expert recommendations. Journal of Vascular Access, (doi: 10.1177/11297298241236521) (PMID:38501338) (Early Online Publication)

Kingsmore, David, Edgar, Benjamin, Stevenson, Karen, Greenlaw, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3847-1126, Aitken, Emma, Jackson, Andrew and Thomson, Peter (2024) A practical review of barriers and challenges to a definitive randomised trial of grafts versus fistula. Journal of Vascular Access, (doi: 10.1177/11297298241234610) (PMID:38436199) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Kingsmore, D. B. et al. (2023) Early-cannulation arteriovenous grafts: Multidisciplinary learning is essential to optimize outcomes. Journal of Vascular Access, (doi: 10.1177/11297298231212758) (PMID:37997147) (Early Online Publication)

Surendrakumar, V. et al. (2023) Cardiorespiratory Optimisation By Arteriovenous fistula Ligation after renal Transplantation (COBALT): study protocol for a multicentre randomised interventional feasibility trial. BMJ Open, 13(2), e067668. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067668) (PMID:36759026) (PMCID:PMC9923321)

2021

Macfarlane, A. J.R. et al. (2021) Anaesthesia Choice for Creation of Arteriovenous Fistula (ACCess) study protocol: a randomised controlled trial comparing primary unassisted patency at 1 year of primary arteriovenous fistulae created under regional compared to local anaesthesia. BMJ Open, 11(12), e052188. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052188) (PMID:34937718) (PMCID:PMC8704953)

2020

Aitken, Emma, Kearns, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6156-6858, Gaianu, Lucian, Jackson, Andrew, Steven, Mark, Kinsella, John, Clancy, Marc and MacFarlane, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3858-6468 (2020) Long-term functional patency and cost-effectiveness of arteriovenous fistula creation under regional anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 31(8), pp. 1871-1882. (doi: 10.1681/ASN.2019111209) (PMID:32709710)

2017

Aitken, Emma L., Thomson, Peter, Bainbridge, Leigh, Kasthuri, Ram, Mohr, Belinda and Kingsmore, David (2017) A randomized controlled trial and cost-effectiveness analysis of early cannulation arteriovenous grafts versus tunneled central venous catheters in patients requiring urgent vascular access for hemodialysis. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 65(3), pp. 766-774. (doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.10.103) (PMID:28236919)

Articles

Miller, Lily Mae, Douglas, Peter, Glen, Julie and Aitken, Emma (2025) Renal arterial anatomy: implications for normothermic machine perfusion in renal transplantation. Clinical Anatomy, (doi: 10.1002/ca.24286) (Early Online Publication)

Ramasamy Muthuraman, Sri Ran and Aitken, Emma (2025) Evaluating the impact of Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) creation on kidney function. Journal of Nephrology, (Accepted for Publication)

Edgar, Ben, Stevenson, Karen, Aitken, Emma, Jackson, Andrew, Thomas, Shannon, Snoeijs, Maarten, Franchin, Marco, Tozzi, Matteo and Kingsmore, David B. (2025) A review of technical steps in the performance of arteriovenous fistula creation. Journal of Vascular Access, (doi: 10.1177/11297298251328715) (PMID:40275518) (Early Online Publication)

Kingsmore, D. B. et al. (2024) Quality assurance in surgical trials of arteriovenous grafts for haemodialysis: a systematic review, a narrative exploration and expert recommendations. Journal of Vascular Access, (doi: 10.1177/11297298241236521) (PMID:38501338) (Early Online Publication)

Kingsmore, David, Edgar, Benjamin, Stevenson, Karen, Greenlaw, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3847-1126, Aitken, Emma, Jackson, Andrew and Thomson, Peter (2024) A practical review of barriers and challenges to a definitive randomised trial of grafts versus fistula. Journal of Vascular Access, (doi: 10.1177/11297298241234610) (PMID:38436199) (Early Online Publication)

Kingsmore, D. B. et al. (2023) Early-cannulation arteriovenous grafts: Multidisciplinary learning is essential to optimize outcomes. Journal of Vascular Access, (doi: 10.1177/11297298231212758) (PMID:37997147) (Early Online Publication)

Surendrakumar, V. et al. (2023) Cardiorespiratory Optimisation By Arteriovenous fistula Ligation after renal Transplantation (COBALT): study protocol for a multicentre randomised interventional feasibility trial. BMJ Open, 13(2), e067668. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067668) (PMID:36759026) (PMCID:PMC9923321)

Macfarlane, A. J.R. et al. (2021) Anaesthesia Choice for Creation of Arteriovenous Fistula (ACCess) study protocol: a randomised controlled trial comparing primary unassisted patency at 1 year of primary arteriovenous fistulae created under regional compared to local anaesthesia. BMJ Open, 11(12), e052188. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052188) (PMID:34937718) (PMCID:PMC8704953)

Aitken, Emma, Kearns, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6156-6858, Gaianu, Lucian, Jackson, Andrew, Steven, Mark, Kinsella, John, Clancy, Marc and MacFarlane, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3858-6468 (2020) Long-term functional patency and cost-effectiveness of arteriovenous fistula creation under regional anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 31(8), pp. 1871-1882. (doi: 10.1681/ASN.2019111209) (PMID:32709710)

Aitken, Emma L., Thomson, Peter, Bainbridge, Leigh, Kasthuri, Ram, Mohr, Belinda and Kingsmore, David (2017) A randomized controlled trial and cost-effectiveness analysis of early cannulation arteriovenous grafts versus tunneled central venous catheters in patients requiring urgent vascular access for hemodialysis. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 65(3), pp. 766-774. (doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.10.103) (PMID:28236919)