Comprehensive Comparison of the Performance of Autogenous Brachial-Basilic Transposition Arteriovenous Fistula and Prosthetic Forearm Loop Arteriovenous Graft in a Multiethnic Asian Hemodialysis Population
Table 3
Maturation and interventions for the vascular access in the BBTAVF and BB AVG groups.
BBTAVF
BB AVG
value
Mean venous diameter (mm)
3.2 (±1.0)
2.9 (±0.7)
0.118
Mean maturation time (weeks)
17.7 (±18.0)
6.0 (±5.4)
0.000
Mean number of interventions () to maintain patency
1.5 (±1.0)
2.2 (±1.2)
0.043
Mean number of surgical thrombectomies ()
1.0 (±0.0)
1.5 (±0.8)
0.476
For failed accesses, mean time from last creation to decision of abandonment (weeks)
12.1 (±10.1)
6.5 (±6.4)
0.155
For failed accesses, mean time from access creation to next access creation (weeks)
