Sep 11, 2020

The role of surgery for assisted maturation after endovascular and percutaneous arteriovenous fistula creation

The journal of vascular access
Karl A Illig, Charmaine Lok, Dheeraj K Rajan, John Aruny, Eric Peden, Peter Nelson, Mark J London, John R Ross
Even in the best of circumstances, a significant number of patients will require adjunctive endovascular and/or surgical revision prior to achieving functional patency after endovascular or percutaneous AVF creation, at least within the United States. This rate appears to be higher after percutaneous AVF than after endovascular AVF, although because published reports of the former are mostly derived from American experience and those of the latter derived from experience outside the United...