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Okay Guven Karaca1, Ahmet Nihat Basal2, Ata Niyazi Ecevit2
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey.
Background:
Although the proximal radial artery has been reported as an alternative inflow to prevent steal syndrome, brachiobasilic fistula has been reported to be associated with steal syndrome in 10-20% of cases. We aimed to compare proximal radiobasilic arteriovenous fistula (AVF) with brachiobasilic AVFs on the upper arm in terms of steal syndrome and outcomes.
Material And Methods:
We used our institutional operative record database to identify 94 patients in whom brachiobasilic AVF (n=40) and radiobasilic AVF (n=54) were placed between January 2009 and December 2013. Postoperative complications such as steal syndrome, venous hypertension, and aneurysm were recorded.
Results:
Steal syndrome was determined to occur less frequently in the radiobasilic AVF group (0% vs. 10%, P=0.03). The rates of other complications (bleeding, aneurysm, venous hypertension) between the 2 groups were similar, as were the patency rates.
Conclusions:
Radiobasilic AVF was effective in reducing steal syndrome, with similar early and late outcomes.
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