Open AccessSurgical versus endovascular intervention for vascular access thrombosis: a nationwide observational cohort study
Author(s) -
Ulrika Hahn Lundström,
Gunilla Welander,
Juan Jesús Carrero,
Ulf Hedin,
Marie Evans
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
nephrology, dialysis, transplantation/nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfac036
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , thrombosis , surgery , arteriovenous fistula , cohort , logistic regression , proportional hazards model
There is no consensus whether an arteriovenous (AV) access thrombosis is best treated by surgical or endovascular intervention. We compared the influence of surgical versus endovascular intervention for AV access thrombosis on access survival using real-life data from a national access registry.