1994 Volume 27 Issue 2 Pages 105-107
A clinical study of factors affecting the patency of vascular access in chronic hemodialysis patients was performed.
The following variables, including age at operation, primary causes of renal failure and hematocrit, were analyzed statistically.
Cumulative patency rates for total patients at 5 and 10 years were 68% and 59%, respectively.
Diabetic nephropathy and age at operation were found to have an influence on vascular patency. The other factors were not statistically significant.
