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Table 3 Dialysis access circuits and stent graft characteristics

From: Safety and Performance of a Cell-Impermeable Endoprosthesis for Hemodialysis Vascular Access Outflow Stenosis: A Brazilian Multicenter Retrospective Study

Variable

 

Patient

(N = 113)

%

Arteriovenous access

Brachiocephalic

41

36.3

Basilic transposition

25

22.1

Arteriovenous graft

38

33.6

Radiocephalic

5

4.4

Ulnar basilic

2

1.8

 

Radial basilic

2

1.8

Stent diameter

6 and 7 mm

26

23.0

8 and 9 mm

39

34.5

10 and 12 mm

19

16.8

14 and 16 mm

29

25.7

Stent length

Up to 75 mm

64

56.6

100 and 125 mm

49

43.4

Angioplasty post stent deployment

No post ballooning or ballon with a smaller diameter than the implanted stent

19

16.8

Balloon with the same diameter as the implanted stent

94

83.2