PURPOSE The population of end-stage renal failure patients dependent on hemodialysis continues to expand with an increasing number of patients having an unsuitable cephalic vein or failed radio- and brachio-cephalic fistula. In these patients, the transposed basilic vein to brachial artery arteriovenous fistula (BaVT) provides autologous choice for hemodialysis. The results of basilic vein tran...

BACKGROUND/AIM The aim of this paper was to present our 3-year multicenter experience in creating a vascular access using the basilic vein. The third choice in creating vascular access is the brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistula (AVFs) with transposition of the basilic vein. MATERIALS AND METHODS During 2010-2012, out of a total of 874 AVFs that were performed in our two centers, 54 were brac...

Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) involving the brachial vein and artery is an infrequently performed autogenous option in patients without suitable cephalic or basilic veins. The purpose of this study was to assess outcomes two-stage brachial-brachial (BrBr) creation. All outpatient AVFs created at two hospitals office-based laboratory between 2016 2019 were reviewed. Demographics, surgical methods,...

BACKGROUND The autogenous brachiocephalic or brachiobasilic arteriovenous elbow fistula is not considered to be only the secondary haemodialysis access. In patients with an unsuitable forearm vessel bundle, it is indicated as primary access and it is the method preferred to the fistula creation using a vascular prosthesis. Its rather rare complication is the development of upper extremity ische...

Demographic data and underlying diseases had been recorded (Table 1). All patients were being treated with 5 mg folic acid while no patient received ASA or warfarin [1]. A fasting pre hemodialytic blood sample was obtained from all patients and plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) level was determined by means of Immunoturbidimetry Based on conversion NADH+ to NAD. According to the history of venou...