PURPOSE Balloon-assisted maturation (BAM) is emerging as a salvage management for arteriovenous fistula maturation failure (AVF MF). However, BAM is a relatively new, yet controversial technique for AVF maturation. Therefore, we evaluated the effectiveness of BAM for AVF MF. METHODS Between January 2012 and December 2014, 249 AVFs were created. The total MF rate was 24.8%. But, only 110 AVFs ...

BACKGROUND The creation of arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been shown to have adverse effects on their central pulse wave profile suggesting a likely increase in arterial stiffness. The aim of the present study was to directly evaluate the effect of AVF on arterial stiffness. Method. Thirty-one stage-5 CKD patients underwent haemodynamic a...

PURPOSE This retrospective review aimed to report the outcomes of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) and to evaluate the suitability of AVF as a permanent vascular access in pediatric populations. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were collected for all patients aged 0 to 19 years who underwent AVF creation for hemodialysis between January 2000 and June 2014. RESULTS Fifty-two AVFs were created in 47 pat...

background: arteriovenous fistula (avf)is the ideal method of vascular access for patients on maintenance hemodialysis (hd).therefore it is an important part of treatment in hd.there are several observations that indicate the role of inflammation in failure of avf.the aim of this study was to evaluate the hematologic and inflammatory biomarkers in early avf failure.   methods : this case-contro...

BACKGROUND Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) failure to mature (FTM) rates contribute to excessive dependence on central venous catheters for haemodialysis. Choosing the most appropriate vascular access site for an individual patient is guided largely by their age, co-morbidities and clinical examination. We investigated the clinical predictors of AVF FTM in a European cohort of patients and applied ...

Flows (Qa) of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) impact the dialysis adequacy in hemodialysis (HD) patients. However, data for different access flow levels on outcomes related to long-term dialysis patients, especially in Chinese patients, are limited. Herein, we performed an ambispective, mono-centric cohort study investigating the association between the AVF flows and inflammation, cardiovascular ev...

Nonmaturation of new arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) remains a major barrier to increasing AVF use in hemodialysis patients (1). Our current clinical paradigmviews nonmaturingAVF as a plumbing problem, with efforts directed at augmenting access flow by surgical or percutaneous interventions (2–4). Unfortunately, the very same interventions utilized to salvage immature fistulas also result in vasc...

INTRODUCTION For continuous hemodialysis, an appropriate vascular access, mostly through an arteriovenous fistula (AVF), is crucial. The Brescia-Cimino (BC) method is a common surgical method for AVF creation. However, this method is sometimes not possible, due to a small venous diameter or its wide distance from the artery. We evaluated the success rate of bifurcated vein patch (BVP) technique...

Dialysis Access is the “lifeline” for 1.5 million end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients across the world. Effective hemodialysis treatment requires reliable large caliber vascular access. The preferred hemodialysis access is an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) because of its lower infection rate, lower hospitalization rate and relatively longer longevity compared to grafts.(1, 2) However, the prim...

Dialysis Access is the “lifeline” for 1.5 million end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients across the world. Effective hemodialysis treatment requires reliable large caliber vascular access. The preferred hemodialysis access is an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) because of its lower infection rate, lower hospitalization rate and relatively longer longevity compared to grafts.(1, 2) However, the prim...