Table 1.
Results of the study quality assessment.
Figure 1.
PRISMA 2009 Flow Diagram.
Table 2.
Inclusion & exclusion criteria and definition of AVF malfunction for included studies.
Table 3.
Patients’ Characteristics across included studies.
Figure 2.
Forest Plot showing Primary AVFs patency at 12 months.
Figure 3.
Funnel plot for Primary AVFs patency at 12 months.
Figure 4.
Forest Plot showing Primary AVFs patency at 12 months, Lin et al RCT on new AVFs excluded.
Figure 5.
Forest plot showing assisted patency rates at 12 months.
Figure 6.
Forest plot showing surgical intervention for AVF malfunction.