【Abstract】Objective To investigate the current situation and influencing factors of vascular access in patients with maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) in the Blood Purification Center of the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, and to explore the effect of temporary central venous catheterization on arteriovenous fistula (AVF). Methods We retrospectively investigated the clinical data, laboratory examination and vascular access of 343 MHD patients as of January 1, 2017. Patients were divided into three groups (ipsilateral catheterization group, contralateral catheterization group and AVF group) according to the presence or
absence of the temporary catheterization through neck veins and its side relating to the first mature AVF. Results ① The vascular access modalities at the initial of dialysis were temporary venous catheter (TVC) 73.18% and AVF 14.29%. After MHD for more than 3 months, the proportion of AVF increased to 89.21-96.5%. ②Analyses of the patients in the 3 groups found that the times of AVF surgery were higher in ipsilateral catheterization group (2.05±1.41) than in contralateral catheterization group (1.37±0.73, H=3.618, P=0.001) and AVF group (1.29 ± 0.74, H=3.846, P<0.001); the primary failure rate of AVF was higher in ipsilateral catheterization group(23.26%) than in contralateral catheterization group (3.95%, χ2=14.126, P<0.001) and AVF group (4.08%, χ2=7.242, P=0.011); the one-year patency rate was lower in ipsilateral catheterization group (73.68%) than in contralateral catheterization group (92.14%, χ2=8.093, P=0.004) and AVF group (97.56%, χ2=9.381, P=0.003). The presence of aneurysm and the 3-year and 5 year patency rates were similar among the three groups (H=4.191, 4.045 and 3.717 respectively; P= 0.128, 0.134 and 0.150 respectively). Conclusions ①AVF is the first choice of vascular access modality in this blood purification center. ②The long-term patency of vascular access is not affected by the presence or absence of temporary venous catheterization and its side, whereas the increased times of AVF surgery, higher primary failure rate and lower shortterm patency rate are related to the ipsilateral catheterization. AVF surgery at the opposite side of venous catheterization will reduce the times of AVF surgery and primary failure rate and increase the short-term patency rate.