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Hemodialysis - state-of-the-art technology takes over important kidney functions

Over 40 years of experience with hemodialysis

Approximately 70,000 patients with chronic kidney failure in Germany receive hemodialysis, which is usually performed three times a week in a dialysis center.

In this treatment procedure, state-of-the-art technology takes over important kidney functions.
The patient's blood is passed through a dialyzer outside the body, removing urinary substances, minerals, excess water and degradation products.
In order to purify the blood in a treatment time acceptable to the patient (approx. 4 - 6 hours), a blood volume of around 300 ml must be removed every minute. As this is not possible via a normal arm vein, the patient requires either a central dialysis catheter or a so-called dialysis shunt.

For this purpose, a vein and artery are usually connected in a short procedure on the forearm, creating an arterio-venous fistula. However, it should be noted that a dialysis shunt cannot be used immediately after the operation, but must first "mature" for almost 6 weeks. In the case of difficult vascular conditions, artificial vascular interpositions are often necessary.

We have over 40 years of experience with hemodialysis at our center. We use the most modern dialysis methods available.

Our chronic patients are treated with hemodiafiltration, a combination of classic hemodialysis and so-called hemofiltration, another detoxification procedure.
Hemodiafiltration has numerous additional advantages over classic hemodialysis, possibly further reducing the mortality risk for patients.

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