Our endovascular team for hemodialysis, established in 1997, served for more than 1200 procedures for dialysis vascular access per year. We provided timely thrombectomy service within 24 hours after thrombosis occurred and nearly 400 thrombosed access was salvaged per year. We accomplished clinical study, animal study, and clinical trial in dialysis vascular access and were awarded by the Bronze medal of Symbol of National Quality (SNQ) in Taiwan.

The success rate was 99% for graft access and 95% for native access. The median procedure time was 33 mins for graft access and 38 mins for native access. Our post-procedural primary patency rates were better than the threshold suggested by guidelines.

More than 30 research papers focusing on the issues of dialysis vascular access

We have trained more than 10 fellowships in recent two years.