Arteriovenous fistula outcomes in the elderly Damian McGrogan, MBBChBAO, MRCS, Julien Al Shakarchi, MBChB, MSc, MRCS, Aurangzaib Khawaja, MD, Jay Nath, MBChB (Hons), MRCS, James Hodson, BSc, Alexander P. Maxwell, MD, PhD, FRCP, Nicholas G. Inston, PhD, FRCS Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 62, Issue 6, Pages 1652-1657 (December 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.07.067 Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Literature search strategy. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 1652-1657DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.07.067) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Pooled primary 12-month arteriovenous fistula (AVF) patency rates in elderly patients. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 1652-1657DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.07.067) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Pooled secondary 12-month arteriovenous fistula (AVF) patency rates in elderly patients. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 1652-1657DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.07.067) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Funnel plot demonstrating symmetry and suggesting that publication bias is unlikely to have significantly affected our results. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 1652-1657DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.07.067) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Forest plot demonstrating the primary 12-month patency rates of radiocephalic (RC) vs brachiocephalic (BC) arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in elderly patients. M-H, Mantel-Haenszel. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 1652-1657DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.07.067) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 6 Forest plot demonstrating the secondary 12-month patency rates of radiocephalic (RC) vs brachiocephalic (BC) arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in elderly patients. M-H, Mantel-Haenszel. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 1652-1657DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.07.067) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions