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suggests no improved outcomes regarding patency and overall AVF usability, and despite the small number of included studies in the comparative analysis, pAVF displayed a signicant risk decrease regarding steal syndrome and infection occur­rence compared with sAVF.Additionally, the minimally invasive nature of the pro­cedure, along with the addition of available anatomic options (eg, deep vein AVF), enhances the arsenal of physicians treating end-stage renal disease. Nevertheless, high reintervention and abandonment rates should be kept in mind.
16.2.1.3 Brachiobasilic Arteriovenous Fistulas Vs. Arteriovenous Grafts
It is unclear what the optimal upper extremity hemodialysis access is for patients without a suitable cephalic vein for AVFs. The objective of a systematic review and meta-analysis was to compare the outcomes for upper extremity transposed bra­chiobasilic AVFs (BBAVFs) and AVGs [4]. Twenty-three studies examining 2799 patients were identied and included in the study. The 1-year primary patency rates (OR=1.68, p = 0.001) and 2-year primary patency rates (OR=2.33, p<0.001) were signicantly better for BBAVFs than AVGs. Compared to AVGs, the 1-year secondary patency rates (OR=1.45, p=0.022) and 2-year secondary patency rates (OR=1.93, p<0.001) were also signicantly higher for BBAVFs. This analysis supports the preferential placement of BBAVFs over AVGs in patients who have exhausted radiocephalic and brachiocephalic AVF options.
16.2.1.4 Tapered andNon-tapered Prosthetic Grafts
It is unclear whether tapered AVGs are superior to non-tapered AVGs when it comes to preventing upper extremity ischemic steal syndrome. Jasty etal. [5] evaluated the outcomes of tapered and non-tapered AVGs using systematic review and meta­analysis. Five studies involving 4397 patients met the inclusion criteria. There were no signicant differences for the risk of ischemic steal syndrome (pooled OR 0.92, p=0.89) between the tapered and non-tapered upper extremity AVG.The primary patency (OR 1.33, p=0.12%) and secondary patency at 1-year (OR 1.49, p=0.17%), and rate of infection (OR 0.62, p=0.19) were also similar between the tapered and non-tapered AVG.This meta-analysis does not support the routine use of tapered graft over non-tapered graft to prevent ischemic steal syndrome in upper extremity dialysis access.
16.2.1.5 Regional Anaesthesia Vs. Local Anaesthesia forAV
Fistula Creation
Gao etal. [6] conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesize evi­dence from seven randomized controlled trials (565 patients) and one observational study (408 patients) with the aim of evaluating the safety and efcacy of regional (RA) versus local anesthesia (LA) for AV-stula creation. Pooled data showed that
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RA was associated with higher primary patency rates than LA (OR, 1.88; P=0.003) and improved local blood ow compared with LA.Moreover, operation duration and the use of pain medication was signicantly reduced with RA versus LA.Brachial plexus block can contribute to vessel dilation and reduced vasospasm via sympathectomy-like effects, increasing stula blood ow, reducing stula matu­ration time, and improving the success rates of vascular access procedures.
To study the effects of RA versus LA on longer-term AVF patency, Aitken etal. [7] performed an observer-blinded randomized controlled trial. 126 patients under­going primary radiocephalic or brachiocephalic AVF creation were randomly assigned to receive RA (brachial plexus block) or LA.At 12months, higher primary patency among patients receiving regional versus local anesthesia (79% versus 59%; OR 2.7; P=0.02) was found as well as higher functional patency (68% versus 49% patients; OR, 2.1; P=0.008). The results also proved RA is cost-effective in AVF creation. Regional anesthesia resulted in net savings of £195.10 (US$237.36) per patient at 1year, and an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of approximately £12,900 (US$15,694.20) per quality-adjusted life years over a 5-year time horizon.
16.2.1.6 Arteriovenous Fistulae Aneurysms
Aneurysm formation is a complication of vascular access AVF characterised by an enlargement of all three layers of the vessel wall with a diameter of more than 18mm and has a prevalence of more than 40% in the dialysis population. Baláž etal. [8] performed a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the surgical options for the treatment of aneurysmal AVF.Thirteen full text articles were included in the meta-analysis. The total number of patients was 597. Aneurysms were located in the upper arm in 289 (59%) cases and the smallest diameter of a treated aneurysm was 15mm. The most frequent indication for treatment was bleeding prevention in 513 (86%) cases. Aneurysmorrhaphy was the surgical method of choice in all 13 studies. The pooled primary patency at 12 months was 82% (12 studies). The 12-month primary patency rates were similar for aneurysmorrhaphy with external prosthetic reinforcement (85%, two studies) and aneurysmorrhaphy performed using a stapler (74%, four studies) and without a stapler (82%, six studies). In the studies included none described covered stent graft implantation. The authors believed that all symptomatic aneurysmal arteriovenous access stulae should be treated surgically by aneurysmorrhaphy without external reinforcement (because prosthetic reinforcement has a potential risk of infection). Aneurysmorrhaphy per­formed with or without a stapler device seems to be the preferred option.
16.2.1.7 DCB Angioplasty Vs. PBA Angioplasty
forHemodialysis Dysfunction
A meta-analysis presented by Liu et al. [9] compared the safety and efcacy of drug-coated balloon angioplasty (DCB) and plain balloon angioplasty (PBA) in treating hemodialysis access dysfunction. A total of 18 randomized controlled trials
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including 877 and 875 patients in the DCB and PBA groups, respectively, were included. Drug-eluting balloon angioplasty was superior to plain balloon angio­plasty during short-term follow-up regarding target lesion patency, circuit patency, and target lesion revascularization rates with a similar mortality prole. Using drug­eluting balloon in treating hemodialysis access dysfunction may reduce the require­ment of reintervention and its related healthcare cost compared with plain balloon angioplasty in the short-term.
Paclitaxel-coated balloon (PCB) angioplasty and PBA for hemodialysis (HD) access stenosis or occlusion was also investigated by Chen etal. [10]. A total of 16 studies were included in this meta-analysis, 12 randomized controlled trials and 4 cohort studies involving 1086 patients who underwent endovascular treatment for HD access stenosis or occlusion. This meta-analysis showed a signicant improve­ment of short-term and midterm primary patency of HD access after treatment with PCB angioplasty. This favorable outcome was observed in both AVF and central venous stenosis (CVS). There was no association between paclitaxel and all-cause mortality in HD patients at 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up in this analysis. However, there was a trend suggesting that PCB angioplasty might increase the risk of 24- month mortality compared with PBA if the sample size is large enough. Further studies on long-term mortality are needed to investigate the safety of PCB angioplasty in patients with ESRD.
Han etal. [11] also compared the efcacy and safety of DCB and PB angioplasty in treating arteriovenous access stenosis in a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Sixteen eligible trials, including 1682 lesions, were included in the quantitative analysis for the efcacy and safety of paclitaxel coated DCBs. DCBs were associated with a lower risk of loss of target lesion patency at 6months (HR 0.53, 95% CI 0.42–0.66) and 12months (HR 0.60, 95% CI 0.47–0.76), and were also associated with improved six- and 12-month circuit patency. Overall quality of evidence was moderate to low. Procedural complications were rare, and the risk of death up to 12months was similar between the two groups. In conclu­sion, this meta-analysis demonstrated an advantage of DCB angioplasty over PB angioplasty in treating arteriovenous dialysis access stenosis.
Tripsianis etal. [12] compared the effectiveness of all rst-line endovascular modalities for the treatment of AVF-related stenosis using a network meta-analysis (NMA). Eleven randomized controlled trials were included, with 814 patients, 395 of whom had undergone PBA.The network meta-analysis showed that DCBA at 6months was signicantly more effective than PBA (odds ratio, 0.39; 95% con­dence interval, 0.18–0.81) and ranked as the best treatment option, although the difference was not statistically signicant compared with cutting balloon angio­plasty (odds ratio, 0.65; 95% condence interval, 0.20–2.12). The differences among the three treatments at 1year were not statistically signicant. Additional conventional pairwise metaanalyses did not nd signicant differences at 1year. For patients with failing autogenous AVFs with outow vein stenosis, DCBA was signicantly superior to PBA, with an improved 6-month failure rate. However, the effectiveness of DCBA in the long term deserves further investigation.
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16.2.1.8 Distal Revascularization andInterval Ligation (DRIL)
Distal revascularization and interval ligation (DRIL) is one form of treatment of vascular access-induced ischemia. This intervention preserves the AVF while relieving or reversing ischemia symptoms. The procedure involves ligation of the artery immediately distal to the arteriovenous anastomosis site followed by an arte­rial bypass (artery to artery). This is conducted using a conduit (vein, artery, and prosthetic material) and anastomosis 5–10cm proximal to the arteriovenous anas­tomosis from the artery to the distal part of the artery and beyond the ligation site. Kordzadeh and Parsa [13] examined the efcacy of the procedure through a system­atic review. In twenty-two studies 459 individuals were subjected to DRIL.Time to ischemia was 196days. Ischemia grade 3/4 (52%) was the most common presenta­tion. The overall success (grades 1–4) was 81% during a mean and median follow­ up of 22.2months and 18months, respectively. The conduit of choice was the great saphenous vein (n= 300/459 [65%]), and bypass thrombosis was highest in the polytetrauoroethylene group (n= 19/44 [43%]). DRIL is an effective modality (grade of recommendation B, level of evidence III/IIb) in the treatment of vascular access-induced ischemia in upper limb AVF and could be successful in 81% of cases.
16.2.1.9 AV Fistula Closure inRenal Transplant Recipients
Ligating an AVF after successful renal transplantation remains a matter of debate. Zheng et al. [14] performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the cardiac effects and allograft function after AVF closure, as well as to assist in deciding whether to pre­serve or ligate the AVF. 10 studies were included in this meta-analysis. Kidney transplant recipients with occluded AVF had lower left ventricular mass index and left ventricular end-diastolic diameter values compared with patients with patent AVF.Patients with occluded AVF also had lower serum creatinine levels versus those with patent AVF.No difference was seen regarding ejection fraction between the groups. The meta-analysis showed that AVF closure improves cardiac morphol­ogy and is associated with better kidney graft function. Therefore, AVF closure may be considered in patients with well-functioning allografts.
Rao et al. [15] presented the rst randomized controlled trial looking at the effects of arteriovenous stula ligation on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging– derived left ventricular mass in kidney transplant recipients. Fifty-four participants completed the study: 27in the AVF ligation group and 27in the control group. The primary end point showed a mean decrease of 22.1g in LVM in the AVF ligation group compared with no signicant change in the control group (P < 0.001). Signicant decreases in LV end-diastolic volumes, LV end-systolic volumes, car­diac output, cardiac index, atrial volumes, and NT-proBNP were also seen in the AVF closure group (P<0.01). No signicant changes were observed in LV ejection fraction (P= 0.93) and pulmonary artery velocity (P = 0.07). These results have
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signicant implications for the management of cardiovascular risk after kidney transplantation, given that a single intervention, undertaken as a day procedure, has the potential to provide substantial cardiovascular benets.
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16.2.2 Clinical Trials andRegistries
16.2.2.1 Hemodialysis Access Type andMortality
Hicks etal. [16] analyzed the effects of age and initial dialysis access type on all­cause mortality. The study included 507,791 patients (63.4 ± 0.02 years; 56.5% male; 40.9% mortality; follow-up, 1.57±1.36years). Increasing age was a signi­cant predictor of overall mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 1.03; P<.001). Compared with patients with hemodialysis catheters (HCs, n=418,932), overall risk-adjusted mortality was lowest in patients with AVFs (n=71,316; aHR, 0.63; P<.001) followed by AVGs (n=17,543; aHR, 0.83; P<.001). AVF was superior to both HC and AVG for all age groups (P<.001). However, there was a signicant change in the relative efcacy of AVG at ages 48years and 89years based on spline modeling; there were no signicant differences comparing adjusted mortality with AVG vs HC for patients aged 18 to 48years or for patients >89years, but AVG was superior to HC for patients 49 to 89years of age (aHR, 0.811; P<.001). The mortal­ity benet of AVF was consistently superior to that of AVG and HC for patients of all ages (all, P<.001). AVF is superior to AVG and HC regardless of the patient’s age, including in octogenarians. In contrast, the mortality benet of AVG over HC may not apply to younger (18–48years) or older (>89years) age groups. All patients 18 to 48years should receive AVF for dialysis access whenever possible.
Malas etal. [17] performed a retrospective analysis of the cohort of patients in the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) database who initiated dialysis between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2010. Patients who initiated dialysis using AVF vs arteriovenous graft (AVG) vs HC were compared. 71,452 (14.0%) patients initiated HD with AVF, 17562 (3.4%) initiated with AVG, and 420,986 (82.5%) initiated with HC.Survival at 1year was 78% in the HC group compared with 84% for the AVG group and 89% for the AVF group (Wilcoxon P<.001). Five­year survival in the HC group was 45% compared with 48% in the AVG group and 55% in the AVF group (Wilcoxon P< .001). A Cox proportional hazard model showed a 35% reduction in mortality rate in the AVF group compared with the HC group (P<.001) and an 18% reduction in mortality rate in the AVG group compared with the HC group (P< .001). Initiating HD with an AVF provides a signicant mortality benet compared with initiating dialysis with an AVG or HC.Despite this, most patients in the United States initiate HD with HC, and incident AVF use falls markedly short of the initial Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative target of 50% that was established more than 15years ago.
The aim of a study presented by Locham etal. [18] was to use a large national renal database to report the incidence and risk factors of sepsis in patients with
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end- stage renal disease (ESRD) initiating HD access using AVF, AVG, or HC in the United States. All patients with ESRD initiating HD access (AVF, AVG, HC) between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2014, in United States Renal Data System were included. A total of 870,571 patients were identied, of whom, 29.8% (n= 259,686) developed sepsis. HC (31.2%) and AVG (30.6%) were associated with a higher number of septic cases compared with AVF (22.9%; P<.001). The incident rate of sepsis was 12.66 episodes per 100 person-years. It was the highest among HC vs AVG vs AVF (13.86 vs 11.49 vs 8.03 per 100 person-years). Compared with patients with no sepsis, sepsis was associated with a three-fold increase the odds of mortality (odds ratio, 3.16; 95% CI, 3.11–3.21; P < .001). Additionally, in patients who developed sepsis, AVF use was associated with sig­nicantly lower mortality compared with AVG and HC (73.7% vs 78.7% vs 78.0%; P<.001). After adjusting for signicant covariates, compared with AVF, mortality at 1 year after sepsis was 21% higher in AVG (HR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.15–1.28; P< .001) and nearly doubled in HC (HR, 1.94; 95% CI, 1.88–2.00; P< .001). Sepsis risk in HD patients is clearly related to access type and is associated with dramatic increase in mortality. Initiating HD access with AVF to meet the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality recommendations should be implemented to reduce the incidence of sepsis and improve survival in patients with ESRD.
16.2.2.2 Permanent Vascular Access Type forElderly Patients
There is inadequate evidence regarding the rst permanent vascular access type and risk of mortality or hospitalization among the elderly population undergoing hemo­dialysis. Lyu etal. [19] emulated a randomized controlled trial using observational data to compare the effect of AVF versus AVG creation on the risks of mortality, hospitalization, and sepsis among elderly patients receiving HD.Elderly patients registered in the US Renal Data System were enclosed. Inclusion criteria were ini­tiation of HD between 2013 and 2014, age≥67years at HD initiation, no AVF/ AVG created before HD initiation, and a rst AVF/AVG created within 6months after HD initiation. A total of 19,867 patients were included for the analyses, with
80.1% receiving an AVF and 19.9% an AVG.In unweighted analysis, AVF creation was associated with signicantly lower risks of mortality and hospitalization, espe­cially within 6months after vascular access creation. In inverse probability of treat­ment weighting analysis, AVF creation was associated with lower incidences of mortality and hospitalization within 6months after creation for mortality and all­cause hospitalization, respectively), but not between 6months and 3 years after access creation. No association between AVF creation and mortality, sepsis, or all­cause, cardiovascular disease-related, or infection-related hospitalization was found in instrumental variable analyses. However, AVF creation was associated with a lower risk of access-related hospitalization not due to infection. Using observational data to emulate a target randomized controlled trial, the type of initial arteriovenous access created was not associated with the risks of mortality, sepsis, or all-cause,
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cardiovascular disease-related, or infection-related hospitalization among elderly patients who initiated HD with a catheter and had an AVF/AVG created within 6months.
16.2.2.3 Hemodialysis Access inDiabetic Patients
A retrospective study evaluated the effect of diabetes on outcomes of autogenous stulas and prosthetic grafts for hemodialysis access in a large population-based cohort of patients [20]. The United States Renal Database System (2007–2014) was used. The study of 381,622 patients comprised 303,307 (79.5%) autogenous stulas and 78,315 (20.5%) prosthetic grafts placed in 231,134 (60.6%) diabetic patients and 150,488 (39.4%) nondiabetic patients. There was decrease in maturation for diabetics compared to nondiabetics who received autogenous stulas and prosthetic grafts. Comparing diabetics vs nondiabetics, primary patency at 5years was 19.4% vs 23.5% (P<.001) for autogenous stulas and 9.1% vs 11.2% (P<.001) for pros­thetic grafts. In this population-based cohort of hemodialysis patients, diabetes mel­litus was associated with a decrease in patient survival, access maturation, and primary stula patency. In contrast, there was no association between diabetes and prosthetic graft patency and severe prosthetic graft infection warranting excision. Further details are given in Table16.1.
16.2.2.4 Brachiobasilic AV Fistula—One-Stage Vs. Two-Stage
The brachiobasilic arteriovenous stula (BBAVF) can be created successfully using either a one-stage or a two-stage procedure [21]. For the one-stage procedure, the transposition of the basilic vein and arteriovenous anastomosis are performed dur­ing the same procedure. In the two-stage approach, a rst procedure is typically used to create the arteriovenous anastomosis through an incision at the antecubital fossa. This is followed by a second procedure later to elevate or to transpose the arterialized vein. A new arteriovenous anastomosis may or may not be required. The
Table 16.1 Kaplan-Meier estimates of primary patency, secondary patency and survival for diabetic and non-diabetic patients who received autogenous AV stulas or prosthetic grafts (according to [20])
Outcome AV stula/diabetic AV stula/non-diabetic Graft/diabetic Graft/non-diabetic
Primary patency (%) –1year 40.5 46.0 30.3 31.6 –3years 26.8 31.8 13.6 16.0 Secondary patency (%) –1year 60.8 64.2 58.3 59.4 –3years 51.9 55.8 43.7 45.5 Patient survival, % –1year 83.2 83.7 76.9 75.8 –3years 58.5 62.2 49.7 51.1
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theoretical advantages of the one-stage procedure include the shorter time between the stula creation and cannulation for dialysis and the requirement for only one procedure. The downside of this approach is the use of an extended incision if the stula fails to mature and the risk of injuring the unarterialized basilic vein during surgery. In comparison, the two-stage procedure leaves the patient with a smaller antecubital incision if the stula fails. In addition, the mobilization of the larger arterialized vein may be technically easier in the two-stage approach. Tan etal. [21] identied 2648 patients who had received BBAVFs within the Vascular Quality Initiative data set (2010–2016) and compared those created using the one-stage and two-stage technique. There were 1234 (47%) one-stage and 1414 (53%) two-stage BBAVFs in the study cohort. Patients undergoing one-stage BBAVFs had larger vein diameters (4.1 vs 3.4mm; P < .001) and the procedure was more often per­formed in an inpatient setting (21% vs. 13%; p<0.001) compared with patients undergoing a two-stage procedure. The 12-month primary patency rate was higher for the one-stage BBAVF (49.1% vs 40.4%; P = .005), although the secondary patency rate was comparable (80.0% vs 77.9%; P=.54). In multivariable analysis, although loss of primary patency at 12months and 3-month wound infection were similar between the two approaches, the risk of 3-month arm swelling was signi­cantly lower for two-stage BBAVFs (aHR, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.16–0.77; P=.009). Both types of BBAVF approaches should be considered standard of care. Most surgeons in the VQI favored a two-stage procedure for patients with a smaller basilic vein and those with a history of failed access.
16.2.2.5 End-to-Side or Side-to-Side Arteriovenous Anastomosis forAVF
ElKassaby etal. [22] compared the results of both surgical techniques, end-to-side (ETS) or side-to-side (STS) anastomosis between artery and vein for creation an AVF in a randomized prospective controlled setting with 50 patients each. Primary and secondary patency rates at 12months were 76% ETS vs. 78% STS (P=0.381) and 84% ETS vs. 86% STS (P= 0.225), respectively. The ability of the access to withstand 6 consecutive full dialysis sessions within a period of 30days was dened as functional maturation of AVF.This parameter showed the most signicant differ­ence between the two groups of the study population, with clear favour for the ETS technique (70% vs. 34%, P=0.0001). This was also reected in the results of maxi­mum ow achieved during the rst three dialysis sessions. Considering these results, the authors recommended the ETS technique when creating AVF.
16.2.2.6 Surgical Vs Percutaneous AV Fistulas
In a single-center retrospective study, Harika et al. [23] compared the rst 107 patients who had undergone percutaneous arteriovenous stula (p-AVF) creation with the Ellipsys system from May 2017 to May 2018 with an equal number of consecutive patients who had undergone surgical arteriovenous stulas (s-AVFs). The p-AVFs showed superior maturation rates at 6weeks (65% vs 50%; P=.01).
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The primary patency rates were greater for the s-AVFs at 12months (86% vs 61%; P < .01). However, primary patency was comparable between the two groups at 24months (52% vs 55%; P=.48). No signicant difference was found in the sec­ondary patency rates at 12 (90% vs 91%) and 24 (88% vs 91%) months. At the 2-year follow-up point, the rate of percutaneous reintervention was similar; how­ever, the s-AVFs had required more frequent surgical revision (36% vs 17%; P= .01). Issues with wound healing and infection were also more frequent with s-AVFs (9% vs 0.9%; P<.01). These data support the conclusion that p-AVFs have results comparable, and in some respects superior, to those of s-AVFs.
Shahverdyan etal. [24] compared the Ellipsys percutaneous AVF (n=89) with a proximal forearm Gracz-type surgical AVF (n=69) in a retrospective study of pro­spectively collected clinical data. The Gracz-type AVF is a proximal forearm arte­riovenous stula involving an end-to-side anastomosis between a perforating branch of the cephalic or median antecubital vein and the brachial or proximal radial artery. Technical success was 100% for both groups. Average procedure times were 14min for percutaneous AVFs and 74min for surgical AVFs (P<0.001). Proximal radial artery (PRA) was used in all percutaneous AVF cases. Inow for surgical AVFs included radial (30%), ulnar (12%), and brachial (58%) arteries. Outow veins for both groups were the cephalic and/or basilic veins. Access ow volumes, times to maturation, and overall numbers of interventions per patient-year were not signi­cantly different. Cumulative incidence of primary patency failure at 12months was lower for surgical AVF (47% vs 64%, P=0.1), but secondary patency failure was not different between groups (20% vs 12%, P=0.3). PRA surgical AVFs had simi­lar primary patency (65% vs 64%, P=0.8) but higher secondary patency failure rates than percutaneous AVFs at 12months (34% vs 12%, P=0.04). When a distal radial artery AVF is not feasible, percutaneous AVF might offer an appropriate pro­cedure for creating a safe and functional access, maintaining further proximal fore­arm surgical AVF creation options.
Mordhorst etal. [25] compared autogenous arteriovenous access created with the EverlinQ endoAVF system with accesses created by conventional surgical tech­nique with respect to functional and patency related outcomes. A total of 369 accesses were created during the study period, including 61 endovascular accesses, 171 radiocephalic accesses, and 137 brachiocephalic accesses (median follow-up, 17months; range, 1–71 months). Maturation failure at the end of follow-up was 27%±6%, 27%±5%, and 18%±4% for endovascular, radiocephalic, and brachio­cephalic accesses, respectively (P = .049 for brachiocephalic vs endovascular accesses). Primary patencies at 12 and 24months were 42%±5% and 32%±7% for endovascular accesses, 43%± 4% and 24% ± 4% for radiocephalic accesses, and 42%±4% and 29%±4% for brachiocephalic accesses (P=.906). Secondary patencies at 12 and 24months were 68%±6% and 60% ± 7% for endovascular accesses, 75%±3% and 67%±4% for radiocephalic accesses, and 91%±3% and 81%±4% for brachiocephalic accesses (P=.006 for brachiocephalic vs endovas­cular accesses). There were no statistically signicant differences in ischemic steal. Endovascular arteriovenous accesses were comparable to radiocephalic stulas
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with respect to maturation and patency; however, they were inferior to brachioce­phalic accesses. EndoAVF should not be seen as a replacement for surgically cre­ated dialysis access. Rather, it is another option which can be used in attempts to preserve more proximal creation.
16.2.2.7 Early Cannulation Arteriovenous Grafts
Tawk etal. [26] recruited 477 hemodialysis patients indicated for vascular access creation and compared outcomes with standard AV grafts (PTFE) (n= 236) with those using early cannulation grafts (ACUSEAL, n=241) in a single center ran­domized controlled trial. Primary patency rate was 65.7% and 68.0% (P=.58) at 6months and 53.8% and 56.4% (P=.57) at 12months in the standard AVG (sAVG) and early cannulation AVG (eAVG) groups, respectively. Primary assisted patency rate was 70.8% and 69.7% (P=.8) in patients with sAVG and eAVG at 6months, whereas the reported rates at 12months were 59.3% and 61.0% (P=.71) respec­tively. Patients in the eAVG group experienced signicantly earlier cannulation when compared with patients in the sAVG group (median, 3.0 days; range,
1.0–9.0 days vs 19.0 days; range, 15.0–22.0 days; P < .001). Early cannulation grafts had comparable 12-month outcomes to standard grafts with the added advan­tage of earlier time to rst cannulation.
In a retrospective cohort study, too, eighteen-month patency and infection rates were similar between 148 standard (sAVG) and 62 immediate-access arteriovenous grafts (IAAVG), but immediate-access grafts had fewer secondary procedures and allowed earlier cannulation and tunneled catheter removal, thereby signicantly decreasing catheter-related complications [27]. Primary patency was similar at both 1 year (sAVG, 39.4%; IAAVG, 56.7%; P = .4) and 18 months (sAVG, 29.0%; IAAVG, 43.7%; P=.4). Overall survival was 48% at 24months. IAAVG patients required fewer overall additional procedures to maintain patency (mean number of procedures, 0.99 for sAVGs vs 0.61 for IAAVGs; P=.025). There was no difference in occurrence of steal syndrome (sAVG, 6.8%; IAAVG, 8.1%; P = .74) or graft infection (sAVG, 19.0%; IAAVG, 12.0%; P = .276). Seventy-ve percent of all grafts were successfully cannulated, with shorter median time to rst cannulation in the IAAVG group (6days; interquartile range [IQR], 1–19days) compared with the sAVG group (31days; IQR, 26–47days; P<.01). Catheter-related complications occurred less frequently in the IAAVG group (16.4% vs 2.9%; P<.045).
Mohapatra et al. [28] constructed a Markov state-transition model in which patients initially received either an IAAVG or an sAVG and a tunneled dialysis cath­eter (TDC) until graft usability; patients were followed through multiple subsequent access procedures for a 60-month time horizon. IAAVG placement was a dominant strategy under both real-world ($1201.16 less expensive and 0.03 QALY more effective) and ideal ($1457.97 less expensive and 0.03 QALY more effective) condi­tions. The mean catheter time was lower with IAAVG (3.9 vs 8.7months; P<.0001), as was the mean number of access-related infections (0.55 vs 0.74; P < .0001).