ABSTRACT
This study concerns 110 patients who were underwent anatomical snuffbox arteriovenous fistula at Department of Surgery, Holy Family Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, from January 1995 to December 1997. We analysed the overall and success patency rate between diabetic and non-diabetic patients. The results obtained are as follows: 1) 52 operations were performed on male patients and 58, on females. And mean age was 51 years. 2) Average follow-up period was 19 months. 3) Early failure rate of all cases was 17 cases (15%), 2 cases (6%) in diabetic patients and 15 cases (9.7%) in non-diabetic patients. 4) Overall patency rates of all patients were 76.6, 72.0, 68.8 and 64.9% at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months and success patency rates were 90.7, 85.2, 81.4 and 76.8% after creation of anatomical snuffbox arteriovenous fistulas. 5) Overall patency rates of diabetic patients were 78.8, 74.8, 74.8 and 59.8% at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months and success patency rate were 83.4, 79.4, 79.4 and 63.5%. 6) Overall patency rate of non-diabetic patients were 75.9, 71.0, 66.6 and 66.6% at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months and success patency rate were 94.5, 88.4, 83.0 and 83.0%.