“…Accordingly, AVF creation and long-term patency are of paramount importance for patients waiting for renal transplantation. The factors influencing the patency of AVF, such as diabetes mellitus (DM) [3] , previous heparin use [4] ,C-reactive protein [5] , preexisting intimal hyperplasia [6] , intraoperative blood flow measurements [7] , presence of malignancy, previous central venous catheter (CVC) insertion, preoperative arterial blood pressure (ABP), arterial inflow (AI), subclavian venous flow (SVF), operative venous outflow of the fistula [8] , hypertension, smoking [3,9,10] , reoperative radial arterial diameter [11] , surgeon experience [12] , have been explored.…”