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Original article

Vol. 148 No. 3738 (2018)

Reality check: primary vascular access creation today

  • Tabitha Jann
  • Thomas R. Wyss
  • Brigitta Gahl
  • Robert M. Kalicki
  • Dominik E. Uehlinger
  • Matthias K. Widmer
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2018.14668
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2018;148:w14668
Published
23.09.2018

Summary

INTRODUCTION

In Switzerland, the outcome of vascular access creation in the 4500 current dialysis patients is unknown, mainly because there is no prospective registry for patients undergoing vascular access surgery for renal replacement therapy. The aim of the study was to assess the quality of vascular access creation and to compare it with the current literature and guidelines, in order to define strategies to improve clinical outcome.

METHODS

Retrospective single-centre study in a tertiary referral centre. All consecutive patients over 18 years of age undergoing primary vascular access creation between January 2013 and December 2014 were included. Follow-up data for at least 12 months were collected.

RESULTS

During the study period, 365 patients had a surgical intervention for renal replacement therapy. A primary vascular access was created in 74 patients (20%), who were further analysed in our study: 63 (85%) had an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) and 11 (15%) an arteriovenous graft (AVG). The intervention-free survival (primary patency rate) of the primary vascular access at 1 year was 46% (95% confidence interval [CI] 33–58%) for AVF and 30% (95% CI 7–58%) for AVG, with a secondary patency rate at 1 year of 75% (95% CI 63–84%) for AVF and 50% (95% CI 18–75%) for AVG. Twenty-seven patients (36%) with primary vascular access underwent central venous catheter (CVC) placement (tunnelled or non-tunnelled) before the access creation. Thirty-seven (50%) patients had their first dialysis through a CVC. Thirty-one patients (42%) never received a CVC.

CONCLUSIONS

The primary patency of vascular access was unexpectedly low, and the number of CVC requests unexpectedly high. In light of this, we consider it essential that centres creating vascular access should register their activities and compare their outcomes with current guidelines to check and improve clinical management. To facilitate this, there is an initiative starting in 2018 encouraging all Swiss vascular surgeons to provide data on vascular access interventions, including 1-year follow-up, in the national online registry “SwissVasc 2.0”.

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