“…With the advancements in the field of interventional nephrology in recent years, there has been an increasing trend of AVF placement performed by both vascular surgeons and nephrologists, with the goal of reducing the overall number of vascular catheters. In a cross-sectional study performed in a teaching hospital in Biratnagar, Nepal, the functional outcome of the AVFs placed by a nephrologist had similar success rates as reported in the literature, i.e., 76% for radiocephalic, 91% for brachiocephalic, and 100% for brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistulas at 3 months post creation (14). There are very few vascular surgeons outside of the capital, Kathmandu.…”