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ArticleSpringerPlus2016

Impact of preoperative ultrasonography findings on the patency rate of vascular access in Japanese hemodialysis patients.

Junichiro Nakata, Hiroaki Io, Tomonari Watanabe, Yu Sasaki, Yuko Makita, Tatsuya Aoki, Hiroyuki Yanagawa, Reo Kanda, Yasuhiko Tomino

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Junichiro NakataDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421 Japan.
Hiroaki IoDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421 Japan.
Tomonari WatanabeDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421 Japan ; Medical Corporation SHOWAKAI, Tokyo, Japan.
Yu SasakiDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421 Japan.
Yuko MakitaDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421 Japan.
Tatsuya AokiDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421 Japan.
Hiroyuki YanagawaDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421 Japan.
Reo KandaDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421 Japan.
Yasuhiko TominoDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421 Japan ; Medical Corporation SHOWAKAI, Tokyo, Japan.

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Abstract

backgroundAlthough ultrasonography before a vascular access (VA) operation has become popular in recent years, benchmarks for the diameter or blood flow of arteries or veins are not defined in Japan. The objective of the present study is to analyze the relationship between preoperative US findings and the patency rate of VA in Japanese hemodialysis patients.

methods139 patients with end stage kidney disease were enrolled in this study. They had been given primary radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula (AVF) from February 2009 to December 2010 at the Juntendo University Hospital and were followed up over 2 years. We defined the interval from the time of AVF creation until first access thrombosis or any intervention to maintain or restore blood flow as patency time (primary patency). We examined the correlation between the 2-year primary patency rate of VA and the diameter of the radial artery (RA), brachial artery (BA), or cephalic vein at an anastomosis presumptive region by US, the blood flow of RA or BA, as measured by US, age, gender, and primary kidney diseases.

resultsThe average patency term was 448.6 ± 271.3 days, with the 1-year and 2-year patency rate as 64.0 and 51.2 %, respectively. The patency rate was significantly lower in elderly patients over the age of 75 and in patients with diabetes mellitus. US findings of 2.0 mm or less in the RA diameter also resulted in a noticeably low patency rate. A multivariate analysis indicated that those factors were risk factors for early VA failure.

conclusionsPreoperative US findings of the diameter of RA may involve the patency rate of VA, making it appears that an RA of 2.0 mm or more in diameter at an anastomosis region may be more effective for the improvement in the patency rate of VA.

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Arteriovenous fistula (AVF)HemodialysisPatency rateRadial arteryUltrasonographyVascular access (VA)

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PMID27119066
PMCPMC4831953

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