Evaluating national guideline concordance of recurrent interventions after radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula creation

P Heindel, JJ Fitzgibbon, JD Feliz, DM Hentschel… - Journal of vascular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Radiocephalic arteriovenous fistulas have been historically perceived as requiring
multiple follow-up procedural interventions to achieve maturation and maintain patency …

Keep Seeking the Holy Grail: Predictive Modeling of Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation and Survival

H Wasse, DM Hentschel - … Journal of the American Society of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Fistula maturation in its most clinically applicable form is the state when dialysis unit staff can
use an autogenous access exclusively and reliably for the prescribed dialysis sessions. This …

Contemporary outcomes of precision banding for high flow hemodialysis access

AJ Soo Hoo, RE Scully, G Sharma… - The Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: High-flow hemodialysis accesses are a well-recognized source of patient
morbidity. Among available management strategies inflow constriction based on real-time …

Achieving high maturation and cannulation rates of radial‐cephalic arteriovenous fistulas with VasQ™ device

R Shahverdyan, DM Hentschel - Seminars in Dialysis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Hemodialysis is the predominant treatment modality for chronic kidney disease,
with arteriovenous fistula (AVF) being considered to be the preferred type of long‐term …

Temporal trends in hemodialysis access creation during the fistula first era

JJ Fitzgibbon, P Heindel, A Appah-Sampong… - Journal of Vascular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Although forearm arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are the preferred initial vascular
access for hemodialysis based on national guidelines, there are no population-level studies …

Comparison of wound complications between one‐stage and two‐stage brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistula: A meta‐analysis

Y Lu, J Xiao, C Liu, Y Wang - International Wound Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Research assessing the outcome of brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistulas (BB‐AVF) after a
one‐and two‐stage technique was conducted. A strict review of the comprehensive literature …

Avoiding Early Failure in Arteriovenous Fistulas

K Zamor, W Jennings - Principles of Dialysis Access, 2024 - Springer
An arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the preferred choice for hemodialysis access in most
patients. AVFs are associated with lower morbidity, mortality, and cost profiles when …

Staged autogenous to prosthetic hemodialysis access creation strategy to maximize forearm options

JJ Fitzgibbon, P Heindel, JD Feliz, E Rouanet… - Journal of Vascular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective When an adequate cephalic vein is not available for fistula construction, surgeons
often turn to basilic vein or prosthetic constructions. Single-stage forearm prosthetic …

Predicting Long-Term Patency of Radiocephalic Arteriovenous Fistulas with Machine Learning and the PREDICT-AVF Web App

JJ Fitzgibbon, M Ruan, P Heindel, A Appah-Sampong… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
The goal of this study was to expand our previously created prediction tool (PREDICT-AVF)
and web app by estimating long-term primary and secondary patency of radiocephalic AVFs …

Radiocephalic and Brachiocephalic Fistulae

R Shahverdyan - Principles of Dialysis Access, 2024 - Springer
Hemodialysis is the most frequent and important treatment for end-stage kidney disease
(ESKD) patients and requires a functional long-term hemodialysis access. Compared to …