BACKGROUND: AUTOGENOUS ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA (AVF) IS REGARDED AS THE FIRST AND PERHAPS THE BEST CHOICE OF VASCULAR ACCESS IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS. VASCULAR ACCESS PROCEDURES AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT COMPLICATIONS REPRESENT MAJOR CAUSES OF MORBIDITY, HOSPITALIZATION, AND COST FOR CHRONIC HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS. AIM OF THE STUDY: THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO IDENTIFY RISK FACTORS FOR FAILURE OF AUTOGENOUS ARTERIOVENOUS ... إقراء المزيد