Table 2.

Survival of upper arm accesses

	Transposed Brachiobasilic Fistula	Brachiocephalic Fistula	Arteriovenous Graft	P
N patients	67	322	289
Primary access failure	18%	38%a	15%	<0.001
Median cumulative survival, days (including primary failure)	994	386	401	0.17
Median cumulative survival, days (excluding primary failure)	1494	1254	595a	<0.001

^aIndicates which group differs from the other 2 groups.

Primary failure, inability to use a new access reproducibly for dialysis.

Cumulative survival, time from access placement to permanent access failure.