Accesses placed included 20 radiocephalic AVF, 8 brachiobasilic AVF, 8 brachiocephalic AVF, 2 arteriovenous grafts, 2 radiobasilic AVF, and 1 brachial vein AVF.

There is a tunneled HD catheter in her left internal jugular (IJ) vein that is being used as HD access. A brachiocephalic arteriovenous fistula (AVF) was created in the left arm 8 weeks previously.

Investigators randomly assigned 126 patients undergoing primary radiocephalic or brachiocephalic AVF creation to receive regional anesthesia (brachial plexus block; 0.5% L-bupivacaine and 1.5% ...

Caroli et al. also investigated whether preoperative radial artery diameter correlated with measured brachial artery BFV 40 days after fistulae creation in 39 patients with distal AVF. 6 However ...

Both brachiocephalic and radiocephalic AVF patients were included in the study. The patients will be followed for two years with the primary endpoint of primary patency analyzed at six months.