The use of a tunneled permanent catheter as temporary vascular access in arteriovenous graft patients for long-term patency

Table 2 Proportions of AVG patients with a tunneled permanent catheter and their postoperative course

No	Graft	Patient demography				Postoperative course
No	Graft	Age	Sex	Cause of renal failure	Catheter	First cannulation	Catheter removal	Complications	Follow up
1	Propaten	49	M	IgA nephropathy	Bio-Flex Tesio	36 days	44 days	–	956 days
2	Thoratec (Vectra)	80	F	Unknown	Split Stream	21 days	28 days	Stenosis (PTA)	778 days
3	Advanta	37	M	Purpura nephritis	Split Stream	57 days	58 days	Seroma	592 days
4	Advanta	74	F	Nephrosclerosis	Split Stream	94 days	105 days	Stenosis (PTA)	564 days

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