In those patients in whom a bilateral BVT fistula was placed, the fistula in each arm was considered separately for our data analysis. Patients were followed primarily by their nephrologists at ...

During the 9-year study period from November 1992 to October 2001, 1,601 initial hemodialysis accesses were placed, consisting of 741 prosthetic grafts (46.3%), 690 simple AVF (43.1%), and 170 ...