Table 2. Interventions to Facilitate Maturation or Manage Complications.
| Indication | Kidney failure (n = 353) | CKD (n = 182) | All participants with matured study AVF (n = 396) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before maturation | Before maturation | After maturation | ||||
| No. of events | Participants, No. (%) | No. of events | Participants, No. (%) | No. of events | Participants, No. (%) | |
| Thrombosis | 18 | 18 (5.1) | 6 | 6 (3.3) | 73 | 53 (13.4) |
| Aneurysm | 2 | 2 (0.6) | 0 | 0 | 37 | 33 (8.3) |
| Bleeding/hematoma | 1 | 1 (0.3) | 2 | 2 (1.1) | 27 | 24 (6.1) |
| Infection | 2 | 1 (0.3) | 1 | 1 (0.5) | 3 | 3 (0.8) |
| Arterial inflow stenosis | 11 | 8 (2.3) | 5 | 5 (2.7) | 32 | 23 (5.8) |
| AVF vein stenosis | 119 | 93 (26.3) | 51 | 41 (22.5) | 359 | 153 (38.6) |
| Central vein stenosis | 25 | 22 (6.2) | 9 | 9 (4.9) | 123 | 58 (14.6) |
| Accessory vein branch | 25 | 23 (6.5) | 12 | 12 (6.6) | 14 | 13 (3.3) |
| Inability to cannulate | 17 | 17 (4.8) | 9 | 8 (4.4) | 4 | 4 (1.0) |
| Hand ischemia | 13 | 11 (3.1) | 7 | (6 (3.3) | 5 | 5 (1.3) |
| Noninfectious fluid collection | 3 | 3 (0.8) | 0 | 0 (0) | 4 | (3 (0.8) |
| Total interventions | 186a | 133 (37.7) | 88b | 63 (34.6) | 477c | 188 (47.5) |
Abbreviations: AVF, arteriovenous fistula; CKD, chronic kidney disease.
a
Events per intervention, mean (SD), 1.27 (0.54).
b
Events per intervention, mean (SD), 1.16 (0.37).
c
Events per intervention, mean (SD), 43 (0.66).