title: Erratum to: The reasons for the failure of the primary arteriovenous fistula surgery in patients with end-stage renal disease, J Vasc Access. 2015 Nov 10;16 (Suppl 10):S74-7.
abstract: Erratum to: J Vasc Access. 2015 Nov 10;16 (Suppl 10):S74-7. The reasons for the failure of the primary arteriovenous fistula surgery in patients with end-stage renal disease. Cheng Q, Zhao YJ. doi: 10.5301/jva.5000424. PubMed PMID: 26481579. We report an error in the abstract of this article: the cephalic vein and radial artery diameters were erroneously expressed in cm instead of mm. We hereby report the correct abstract (correct units of measurement in bold):
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the reasons for the failure of the primary arteriovenous fistula surgery and explore preventive measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 819 patients with end-stage renal disease were enrolled in the study. Autologous arteriovenous fistula surgery was performed on all patients. Their clinical data of hemoglobin (HB), albumin (ALB), cholesterol (CHOL), parathyroid hormone (PTH), blood glucose and blood pressure were collected before surgery, while the diameters of the radial artery and cephalic vein were measured by ultrasound.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The operations in 742 patients were successful, but failed in 77 cases (accounting for 7.07%). The failure group was significantly older (61.3 ± 13.4 years) than the successful group (45.6 ± 11.2 years). The ratio of diabetes 36 (46.8%) and hypertension 20 (26.0%) was significantly higher in the failure group than in the successful group, respectively 235 (31.7%) and 145 (19.5%). The patients with blood pressure below 120/70 mm Hg had a higher risk of failed surgery (36.4%) than those with blood pressure above 120/70 mm Hg (9.16%). The cephalic vein and radial artery diameters were significantly smaller in the failure group (1.35 ± 0.64 mm, 2.13 ± 0.81 mm) than in the successful group (1.98 ± 0.47 mm, 2.47 ± 0.74 mm); the PTH levels in the failure group were significantly higher (782.39 ± 423.85) than in the successful group (378.83 ± 352.21).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The autogenous arteriovenous fistula surgery failure highly correlated with the patient's age, blood pressure, the primary disease and the vessel diameter. In addition, the PTH levels had a certain correlation with the failure of the fistula surgery.