Clinical experience of arteriovenous fistulae for dialysis during an eighteen year period.

382 Brescia-Cimino type arteriovenous fistulae were created for chronic haemodialysis. Success rate at the first attempt was 73.6% of 281 cases. The most common method of anastomosis was endtoside vein to artery type. Thrombosis was the most frequent complication, other miscellaneous complications were less common.