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Perioperative variableOperative time (mean)188 minutesEstimated blood loss 268 cc (range 50-1000)Follow up (median) 23 months (IQR 22)Length of stay (mean)Time to removal oftunneled hemodialysiscatheter (mean)1.1 days10 weeks Patency at 3 years◦ Primary: 93%◦ Secondary 89% One recurrent infection◦ Required resection Three repeat percutaneousangioplasty of outflow stenosis◦ 9, 15 and 30 months One abandoned at 16 months◦ Pre-op failure of multiple angioplasties ofcephalic arch stenosis◦ Cephalic vein was transected at shoulderand anastomosed to axillary vein◦ Subsequent re-stenosis all at veno-venoanastomosis146