Comparison of Autologous Basilic Vein Transpositions between Forearm and Upper Arm Regions

Evaluation of the efficacy of the forearm basilic vein transposition arteriovenous fistula

“…[4][5][6][7][8][9] However, there are few reports on the patency rate of forearm BVT (FBVT). [10][11][12] Although only 10 cases were included in a retrospective study, Gormus et al 10 reported a 90% patency rate for FBVT at 10 months and 80% for UBVT. Weyde et al 11 reported patency rates of FBVT as 70.4% at 1 year and 48.4% at 3 years.…”

“…[10][11][12] We thought that forearm basilic vein could be used as an alternative for UBVT, providing another option for autogenous hemodialysis access. It could be used in patients with failed direct AVFs (DAVFs), such as radial-cephalic direct wrist access or brachialcephalic upper arm direct access.…”

Selective two-stage basilic and cephalic vein transpositions can significantly improve the rate of fistula construction

“…Since that time, multiple studies have reported a wide range of long-term patency results for BVT (4,6,(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24). Gormus et al (25) have shown no significant differences between forearm and upper arm BVT. Literature regarding CVT is sparse (17).…”

HEMATOLOGY: ISSUES IN THE DIALYSIS PATIENT: Vascular Access Thrombosis Prophylaxis

“…With maturation failure and thrombosis combined, there is little difference in fistula patency between brachiocephalic and transposed brachiobasilic vein fistulas (8), suggesting the possibility of earlier thrombosis with brachiocephalic fistulas. Radiobasilic fistulas also have similar patency to brachiobasilic fistulas, although early thrombosis may also occur with slightly more frequency, but can be treated with secondary intervention (19). Assisted patency of transposed brachiobasilic vein fistulas is reported to be approximately 64–66% at 1 year, 53–58% at 2 years, and 43% at 3 years (20–22).…”