Table 4.

Other clinical findings

	Control group	Study group	P value
Duration of procedure	44.0 ± 11.0	44.9 ± 9.8	0.783
Location of fistula creation			-
Dominant	1 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Non-dominant	19 (95.0%)	21 (100.0%)
Fistula location
Brachiocephalic	12 (60.0%)	13 (61.9%)	> 0.999
Snuff-box	4 (20.0%)	4 (19.0%)	> 0.999
Radiocephalic	3 (15.0%)	4 (19.0%)	> 0.999
Brachiobasilic	1 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	-
Incision length	3.0 (2.0-5.0)	3.0 (2.0-5.0)	0.979
Estimated blood loss	42.5 (20.0-120.0)	50.0 (10.0-120.0)	0.530
VAS	4.5 (2.0-10.0)	2.0 (1.0-8.0)	< 0.001
Willingness to repeat the procedure	3.0 (1.0-9.0)	8.0 (5.0-10.0)	< 0.001
Demand of analgesic	9 (45.0%)	3 (14.3%)	0.069
Amount of local analgesic	22.5 (15.0-38.0)	20.0 (15.0-40.0)	0.607
Anticoagulant	14 (70.0%)	12 (57.1%)	0.596
Beta blocker	2 (10.0%)	4 (19.0%)	0.663
Antihypertensive	10 (50.0%)	12 (57.1%)	0.885

VAS: Visual analog scale.