title: One hundred cases of arteriovenous fistula for haemodialysis access: the effect of cigarette smoking on patency.
abstract: The results of 100 radiocephalic arteriovenous fistulae formed in 85 patients to provide access for haemodialysis have been assessed. First fistulae had an immediate patency of 90.5% and a patency predicted by life table analysis of 78% at 1 year. An additional 15 fistulae were formed after initial failure in 13 patients, and the predicted patency for all fistulae was 76% at 1 year and 73% at 2 years, with no subsequent failures during the period of the study. Access was established and maintained in 77 patients (90.6%) using the first or a subsequent radiocephalic fistula, and the requirement for other access procedures was low. There was a significantly higher incidence of early and late fistula failure in those patients who were cigarette smokers.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D003681:Dehydration; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012907:Smoking; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine