Table 3 Reasons for AVF use after kidney transplantation. The categories are not mutually exclusive, i.e. there could be more than one reason for AVF use in a single patient
Extracorporeal procedure | N of patients (%) |
|---|---|
Hemodialysis | |
for delayed graft function | 150 (23.9%) |
for graft failure | 53 (8.4%) |
Therapeutic plasma exchange | |
for antibody-mediated rejection | 27 (4.3%) |
for recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis | 6 (0.9%) |