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Details of AVF creation and complications
| Site of AVF | Wrist – 60% |
| Forearm – 7.5% | |
| Arm – 30% | |
| Lower limb – 2.5% | |
| Vein | Cephalic vein – 82.5% |
| Ante cubital vein – 12.5% | |
| Brachial vein – 2.5% | |
| Great saphenous vein – 2.5% | |
| Artery | Radial artery - 67.5% |
| Brachial artery - 30% | |
| Posterior tibial artery - 2.5% | |
| Complications | Limb oedema-17.5% |
| Venous hypertension-2.5% | |
| Primary failure | 25% |
| Causes: maturation failure (12.5%), and thrombosis (12.5%). | |
| Secondary Failure | 10% due to thrombosis |
