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Dr. Su’s Team Website Has Been Redesigned! A Guide to the New Site: Find What You Need in Three Steps
The website update is complete! The focus of this update is simple: to make it easier for you to find the information you need, and to make the text easier to read. Below is a plain…
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[Journal Review] Two-Year Follow-Up Results of the WavelinQ Endovascular AV Fistula
What is the WavelinQ endoAVF? An endovascular arteriovenous fistula (endoAVF) is created from inside the vessel with a catheter, using radiofrequency energy to form a connection between an artery and a vein, without the larger incision…
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Don’t Leave a Dialysis Catheter in Too Long: Evaluate Early for a Switch to a Fistula (AVF)
A dialysis catheter in the neck is not an ideal long-term access. International kidney guidelines recommend that, whenever circumstances allow, patients be evaluated early for a switch to their own blood vessels — an arteriovenous fistula…
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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival 2026
The Mid-Autumn Festival is almost here. Dr. Su and the team would like to say in advance: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Listening to patients over the years, we have noticed that feelings about holidays are often a…
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October 2026 Special Dialysis Access Clinic Hours
Dr. Su’s team’s special dialysis access clinic hours for October 2026, for your convenience in making an appointment: Thursday, October 8, 9:00–11:00 AM Friday, October 23, 9:00–11:00 AM The in-person clinic is located at Yu Shen…
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Can Far-Infrared Therapy Improve Dialysis Access? Principles and Applications Explained
Far-infrared therapy is one of the adjunct methods often mentioned in dialysis access care. By promoting local blood circulation, it may help maintain the quality of blood flow in the access [Ref. 1]. It is not…
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Ultrasound Examination of Dialysis Access: Why Regular Follow-up Matters
In addition to feeling (palpating) and listening to (auscultating) the access every day, a vascular ultrasound examination every 3 to 6 months is also recommended. Sometimes the access feels and sounds normal, but a more detailed…
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Temporary Dialysis Access: Double-Lumen vs Tunneled Cuffed Catheters
When a patient needs urgent dialysis and has no long-term access (an arteriovenous fistula or graft) ready to use, a catheter-type access is the quick bridge. The two common types are the double-lumen catheter and the…
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Special Dialysis Access Clinic Hours, September 2026
Dr. Su’s team’s special dialysis access clinic hours for September 2026, for your convenience in making an appointment: . Friday, September 11, 9:00–11:00 AM Thursday, September 17, 9:00–11:00 AM . The in-person clinic is located at…
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Creating a Dialysis Graft (AVG): Candidates, Surgical Approach and Post-Operative Care
Creating an arteriovenous graft (AVG) for dialysis is an alternative way of building dialysis access when a patient’s own vessels are not suitable for a native arteriovenous fistula (AVF). A synthetic graft is used to connect…
