Table 1.

Brachial artery ligation and prosthetic arteriovenous graft excision cohort characteristics.

	Number (%)
Patients	21
Age (mean +/− SD)	53.2 +/− 9.5 yrs
Female gender	15 (71.4)
Cause of ESRD
Hypertension	6 (28.6)
HIV	6 (28.6)
Diabetes mellitus	4 (19.1)
Wegner’s granulomatosis	1 (4.8)
Pyelonephritis	1 (4.8)
Unknown	3 (14.3)
Arteriovenous Graft Characteristics
Upper arm (brachial artery-axillary vein)	20 (95.2)
Forearm (brachial artery-cephalic vein)	1 (4.8)
PTFE	19 (90.5)
Bovine Heterograft	2(9.5)