Observational studyBMC nephrology2021
A national cohort study on hemodialysis arteriovenous fistulas after kidney transplantation - long-term patency, use and complications.
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- Cardiorenal Syndrome in a Kidney Transplant Recipient With High-Flow Arteriovenous Fistula and Mycotic Pneumonia.Cureus · 2026Article
- Long-term outcomes following arteriovenous fistula ligation in kidney transplant recipients.World journal of nephrology · 2026Article
- Comparative outcomes of dialysis vascular access in kidney transplant patients: a propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2026Article
- Three decades of experience with therapeutic apheresis at a tertiary academic center: review of indications, clinical practice, special age groups and complications.BMC nephrology · 2026Article
- Elective arteriovenous fistula ligation for prevention of lymphedema in a patient with breast cancer before ipsilateral axillary lymph node dissection: A case report.Oncology letters · 2025Article
- From Risk Assessment to Management: Cardiovascular Complications in Pre- and Post-Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Vascular Access Management After Kidney Transplantation Position Paper on Behalf of the Vascular Access Society and the European Kidney Transplant Association.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Article
- Complications on the feeding artery after an arterio-venous fistula closure in patients after kidney transplantation - a national cohort study.Clinical kidney journal · 2025Article
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- The Benefits and Cost-Effectiveness of Arteriovenous (AV) Fistula Screening in Haemodialysis Patients.Cureus · 2023Article
- Dialysis after kidney transplant failure: how to deal with this daunting task?Journal of nephrology · 2023Review
- The Role of Ultrasound Examination in the Assessment of Suitability of Calcified Arteries for Vascular Access Creation-Mini Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- An expeditious and precise method for diameter reduction of venous aneurysm causing arteriovenous fistula steal syndrome.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2023Article
- Non-Traditional Non-Immunological Risk Factors for Kidney Allograft Loss-Opinion.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Lung Congestion Severity in Kidney Transplant Recipients Is Not Affected by Arteriovenous Fistula Function.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe the long-term hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula (AVF) patency, incidence of AVF use, incidence and nature of AVF complications and surgery in patients after kidney transplantation. PATIENTS AND
methodsWe retrospectively analysed the AVF outcome and complications in all adult kidney allograft recipients transplanted between January 1st, 2000 and December 31, 2015 with a functional AVF at the time of transplantation. Follow-up was until December 31, 2019.
resultsWe included 626 patients. Median AVF follow-up was 4.9 years. One month after kidney transplantation estimated AVF patency rate was 90%, at 1 year it was 82%, at 3 years it was 70% and at 5 years it was 61%; median estimated AVF patency was 7.9 years. The main cause of AVF failure was spontaneous thrombosis occurring in 76% of AVF failure cases, whereas 24% of AVFs were ligated or extirpated. In a Cox multivariate model female sex and grafts were independently associated with more frequent AVF thrombosis. AVF was used in about one third of our patients. AVF-related complications occurred in 29% of patients and included: growing aneurysms, complicated thrombosis, high-flow AVF, signs of distal hypoperfusion, venous hypertension, trauma of the AVF arm, or pain in the AVF/arm.
conclusionsAVFs remain functional after kidney transplantation in the majority of patients and are often re-used after graft failure. AVF-related complications are common and require proper care.
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