. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 4.

Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2013 Apr 13;58(3):742–747. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.02.018

Table III.

Reintervention, infection, and patency rates by study group

First author	No.	Reinterventions per year	Infections per 1000 HeRO-days	Primary patency, %			Secondary patency, %
First author	No.	Reinterventions per year	Infections per 1000 HeRO-days	6-month	8.6-month	12-month	6-month	8.6-month	12-month
This study	21	3.0	0.5	39		11	60		32
Gage⁸	164	1.5	0.14	60.0		48.8	90.8		90.8
Steerman¹²	62	6.2	NA			26.0			61.0
Katzman^7,a	36	2.5	0.7		38.9			72.2

HeRO, Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow; NA, not available.

Patency rates reported for mean follow-up period of 8.6 months.