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. 2016 May 27;11(9):1693–1702. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01780216

Table 1.

Lower extremity permanent dialysis vascular access options

Autogenous lower extremity AVF
 Femoral artery-femoral vein transposition
 Femoral (superficial femoral artery)-great saphenous vein looped transposition
 Posterior tibial artery-greater saphenous vein
Synthetic lower extremity AVG
 Upper thigh synthetic graft
 Midthigh synthetic graft
Lower extremity CVC
 Femoral vein CVC

AVF, arteriovenous fistula; AVG, arteriovenous graft; CVC, central venous catheter.