Program : APSDA 2026

On Friday, October 2, only the 1-day Hands-on Seminar will be held, so participation is limited to those who have registered for it.
The main conference will take place on October 3 and 4. If you have not registered for the 1-day Hands-on Seminar, please join us on these dates.
Program books will be available at the Information Desk on the 10^th floor of the Osaka International Convention Center on the day of the event.
COI Disclosure: Presenters are required to disclose any conflict of interest (COI) at the time of their presentation.

October 2 (Fri)

This program is limited to registered participants of the 1-day Hands-On Seminar. Please note that it is distinct from the APSDA2026 main conference.

Hands-On Seminar

Morning: Basic Lecture

Shuto Yamamoto: Monitoring and Surveillance
Takayuki Abe: Echo-guided puncture
Masaaki Murakami: PTA①
Koji Masumoto: PTA②
Kotaro Suemitsu:PTA③ Pain control
Yu Sugita:PTA④ Management of thrombi
Junichi Iida: Tunneled cuffed catheter insertion

Afternoon: Hands-on Seminar

Vascular examination using ultrasound diagnostic equipment
Ultrasound-guided needle aspiration
Ultrasound-guided percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA)
Cuffed Catheter Insertion Technique Using a Simulator

Supported by KONICA MINOLTA, Inc. / NIPRO CORPORATION

We are planning to have the following instructors for Hands-on Seminar
Eisuke Nakamura, Junichi Iida, Kenichi Kokubo, Kentaro Shin, Koji Masumoto, Kotaro Suemitsu, Masaaki Murakami, Minoru Ito, Shuto Yamamoto, Taisuke Shimizu, Takayuki Abe, Takehisa Nojima, Tomoaki Iwai, Toshihide Naganuma, Toshihiro Asai, Toko Endo, Yu Sugita

October 3 (Sat) - October 4 (Sun)

Scientific Meeting

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General Meeting (Board of Officers)

10/3 (Sat)
17:45-18:45
Room A

Plenary Lecture

1. Endo-AVF Creation Techniques and Indications

10/3 (Sat)
11:35-12:20
RoomA

Session Overview	Let’s learn about the indications, surgical techniques, and outcomes of endo-AVF
企画のねらい	Endo-AVFの適応、手術方法、成績を学ぼう
Chair	K Sampathkumar Krishnaswamy (India)
Speaker	Chieh Suai Tan (Singapore)

2. Direct Visualization PD Catheter Insertion Technique

10/4 (Sun)
11:35-12:20
RoomA

Session Overview	Let’s learn the PD catheter insertion technique using the PPAP method
企画のねらい	経皮的PDカテーテル挿入法を学びましょう
Chair	Hideki Kawanishi (Japan)
Speaker	Bak-Leong Goh (Malaysia)

SymposiumSymposium Presentations: 15 minutes per person. Presentation: 12minutes + Q&A: 3 minutes

1. Complications

10/3 (Sat)
9:00-10:00
RoomA

Session Overview	Let’s Learn from Doctors Around the World About Managing VA Complications
企画のねらい	VA合併症対策を世界のドクターに学ぼう
Chair	Yoshiaki Takemoto (Japan)
	Yong-Soo Kim (Republic of Korea)
Speaker	Hemodynamic-Oriented Salvage Surgery for a Giant High-Flow Aneurysmal Arteriovenous Fistula in a Long-Term Hemodialysis Patient Nguyen Khac Long (Vietnam)
	Treatment of excessive flow in vascular access EUN JUNG KIM (Republic of Korea)
	Treatment of thrombotic occlusion in vascular access Ru Yu Tan (Singapore)
	A New Paradigm Shift in Central Vein Stenosis Screening and Feasibility of the Novel AVFAT Technique in Failed CTO Recanalisation Chye Chung Gan (Malaysia)

2. Central Vein Stenosis

10/3 (Sat)
10:10-11:25
RoomA

Session Overview	Let’s take a look at treatment methods for central vein stenosis in various countries
企画のねらい	各国のCentral Vein Stenosisの治療法を見てみよう
Chair	Yong-Soo Kim (Republic of Korea)
	Kotaro Suemitsu (Japan)
Speaker	Prevention and Treatment of Central Venous Stenosis Sangeon Gwoo (Republic of Korea)
	Brachial artery transposition is an effective option for patients with central vein occlusion Masaaki Murakami (Japan)
	Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) in Vascular Access Chye Chung Gan (Malaysia)
	Treatment of Central Venous Lesions in Haemodialysis Vascular Access: Murty Mantha (Australia)
	Chinese Experience in Recanalization of Chronic Central Venous Occlusive Lesions for Hemodialysis Access Ziming Wan (China)

3. Catheter

10/3 (Sat)
14:20-15:20
RoomA

Session Overview	Learn About Catheter Management Around the World
企画のねらい	世界のカテーテルマネージメントを知ろう
Chair	Catherine Wilkinson (Australia)
	Hideki Kawanishi (Japan)
Speaker	HD catheter conundrum: Hate living with them, but cannot live without them Hoon Suk Park (Republic of Korea)
	HD catheter management - insights from New Zealand Mahmoud Amer (New Zealand)
	Catheter insertion techniques Akira Miyata (Japan)
	TUNnElled Dialysis Catheter Patency Post Fibrin Sheath Balloon DisrUPtion (TUNE UP study) Chye Chung Gan (Malaysia)

4. VA Monitoring and Surveillance

10/3 (Sat)
14:20-15:20
RoomB

Session Overview	Let's Learn About Global VA Monitoring and Surveillance
企画のねらい	世界のVAのモニタリングとサーベイランスを学ぼう
Chair	Takashi Sato (Japan)
	Kuo-Cheng Lu (Taiwan)
Speaker	From Routine Surveillance to Patient-Centered Vascular Access Management: The Expanding Role of Ultrasound Hyungseok Lee (Republic of Korea)
	VA Monitoring and Surveillance Toshihide Naganuma (Japan)
	Seeing What We Hear: Dual Assessment of Vascular Access and Cardiac Function Using a Super Stethoscope Toko Endo (Japan)
	Utilizing standardized ultrasound screening protocol for distal forearm AVF in Mongolia Adiyakhuu Otgonbayar (Mongolia)

5. Video Session

10/3 (Sat)
16:30-17:30
RoomB

Session Overview	Learn about VA surgical techniques from around the world through videos
企画のねらい	世界のVA手術手技を動画で学ぼう
Chair	K Sampathkumar Krishnaswamy (India)
	Do Hyoung Kim (Republic of Korea)
Speaker	Graft Inclusion Technique for High-Flow Vascular Access: Durable Flow Reduction with Long-Term Patency Comparable to Arteriovenous Fistula Takehisa Nojima (Japan)
	Advanced Surgical and Endovascular Techniques for Complex Haemodialysis Vascular Access Cherian Thomas Sajiv (Australia)
	Thrombectomy therapy using VAIVT for VA occlusion Yu Sugita (Japan)
	Ultrasound-Guided PTA: Eighteen Years of Experience and Practical Techniques for Safe and Effective Intervention Hiroaki Haruguchi (Japan)

6. Ultrasound

10/4 (Sun)
9:00-10:00
RoomA

Session Overview	Learn How Ultrasound Systems Are Used Around the World
企画のねらい	世界の超音波診断装置の運用方法を知ろう
Chair	KiRyang Na (Republic of Korea)
	Masaaki Murakami (Japan)
Speaker	Ultrasound-guided PTA and puncture techniques Catherine Wilkinson (Australia)
	Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Selective cutaneous Nerve Block During PTA for Dysfunctional Forearm Radiocephalic AVFs Taisuke Shimizu (Japan)
	Intraprocedural Ultrasound as a Rescue and Decision-Making Tool During Fluoroscopy-Guided PTA for Hemodialysis Vascular Access Do Hyoung Kim (Republic of Korea)
	Ultrasound in Dialysis Vascular Access Intervention: The Singapore General Hospital Experience Chieh Suai Tan (Singapore)

7. PD Catheter

10/4 (Sun)
10:10-11:25
RoomA

Session Overview	Learn About PD Catheter Management Around the World
企画のねらい	世界のPDカテーテルマネージメントを知ろう
Chair	Sung Gyun Kim (Republic of Korea)
	Minoru Ito (Japan)
Speaker	Balasubramaniam Jeyaraj (India)
	Interventions for Malpositioned and Malfunctioning Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters: Diagnostic and Salvage Approaches Atma Gunawan (Indonesia)
	Evolution of Peritoneal Dialysis Access for an Aging Society in Japan Naomi Ota (Japan)
	Hyung Duk Kim (Republic of Korea)
	Yongjun Zhu (China)

8. Drug-coated Balloon

10/4 (Sun)
14:00-15:00
RoomA

Session Overview	Learn about the global use of DCB
企画のねらい	世界におけるDCBの使用状況について知ろう
Chair	Balasubramaniam Jeyaraj (India)
	Takashi Sato (Japan)
Speaker	KiRyang Na (Republic of Korea)
	Clinical Impact and Real-World Outcomes of IN.PACT™ AV Drug-Coated Balloon: Insights from Japanese Experience Kotaro Suemitsu (Japan)
	Drug-Coated Balloons in Haemodialysis Access: Current Evidence and the Emerging Role of Sirolimus Suh Chien Pang (Singapore)
	Vessel Diameter and Remodeling Metrics Predict Patency After DCB Treatment for Juxta-Anastomotic AVF Stenosis Hiroaki Haruguchi (Japan)

Award Session

10/3 (Sat)
16:30-17:30
RoomB

Chair	Toshihide Naganuma (Japan)
	KiRyang Na (Republic of Korea)
Judge	Hideki Kawanishi (Japan)
	Catherine Wilkinson (Australia)
	Chieh Suai Tan (Singapore)
	Nguyen Khac Long (Vietnam)
	Kuo-Cheng Lu (Taiwan)
Speaker	Tomasz T Golebiowski (Poland)
	Munkhjavkhlan Dorjsuren (Mongolia)
	NIROJ MALI (Nepal)
	Amit Mann (India)
	Chang Min Park (Republic of Korea)
	Soo Ying Yew (Malaysia)
	Arundina Sanyoto (Indonesia)
	Hongwei Yang (China)

Oral

1. Catheter Session

10/3 (Sat)
10:00-10:40
RoomB

Chair	Atma Gunawan (Indonesia)
	Mahmoud Amer (New Zealand)

2. PD-related Session

10/3 (Sat)
10:50-11:30
RoomB

Chair	Hoon Suk Park (Republic of Korea)
	Ru Yu Tan (Singapore)

3. VAIVT & Others Session

10/4 (Sun)
9:00-10:10
RoomB

Chair	Sangeon Gwoo (Republic of Korea)
	JUNICHI IIDA (Japan)

4. AVF/AVG & Others Session

10/4 (Sun)
10:15-11:25
RoomB

Chair	Cherian Thomas Sajiv (Australia)
	Chieh Suai Tan (Singapore)

Click below for Oral and Poster Abstracts

Oral Session / Poster Session

Corporate Seminar

Luncheon Seminar by NIPRO CORPORATION

Date & Time	Saturday, October 3, 2026 12:40-13:40 (tentative)
Venue	Room A (Conference Hall, Osaka International Convention Center, 12 Floor)
Theme	Recent Topics in Vascular Access Management in Japan

Luncheon Seminar by MEDTRONIC JAPAN CO., LTD.

Date & Time	Sunday, October 4, 2026 12:30-13:30 (tentative)
Venue	Room A (Conference Hall, Osaka International Convention Center, 12 Floor)
Theme	Five Years of Experience with IN.PACT™ AV in Japan

Date & Time	Saturday, October 3, 2026 15:25-16:25 (tentative)
Venue	Room A "Conference Hall" (Osaka International Convention Center, 12^th Floor)
Theme	Strength in Unity -Asian Knowledge and Technique in VA Treatment-

October 2 (Fri)

Hands-On Seminar

Morning: Basic Lecture

Afternoon: Hands-on Seminar

October 3 (Sat) - October 4 (Sun)

Scientific Meeting

General Meeting (Board of Officers)

Plenary Lecture

1. Endo-AVF Creation Techniques and Indications

2. Direct Visualization PD Catheter Insertion Technique

SymposiumSymposium Presentations: 15 minutes per person. Presentation: 12minutes + Q&A: 3 minutes

1. Complications

Hemodynamic-Oriented Salvage Surgery for a Giant High-Flow Aneurysmal Arteriovenous Fistula in a Long-Term Hemodialysis Patient

Treatment of excessive flow in vascular access

Treatment of thrombotic occlusion in vascular access

A New Paradigm Shift in Central Vein Stenosis Screening and Feasibility of the Novel AVFAT Technique in Failed CTO Recanalisation

2. Central Vein Stenosis

Prevention and Treatment of Central Venous Stenosis

Brachial artery transposition is an effective option for patients with central vein occlusion

Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) in Vascular Access

Treatment of Central Venous Lesions in Haemodialysis Vascular Access:

Chinese Experience in Recanalization of Chronic Central Venous Occlusive Lesions for Hemodialysis Access

3. Catheter

HD catheter conundrum: Hate living with them, but cannot live without them

HD catheter management - insights from New Zealand

Catheter insertion techniques

TUNnElled Dialysis Catheter Patency Post Fibrin Sheath Balloon DisrUPtion (TUNE UP study)

4. VA Monitoring and Surveillance

From Routine Surveillance to Patient-Centered Vascular Access Management: The Expanding Role of Ultrasound

VA Monitoring and Surveillance

Seeing What We Hear: Dual Assessment of Vascular Access and Cardiac Function Using a Super Stethoscope

Utilizing standardized ultrasound screening protocol for distal forearm AVF in Mongolia

5. Video Session

Graft Inclusion Technique for High-Flow Vascular Access: Durable Flow Reduction with Long-Term Patency Comparable to Arteriovenous Fistula

Advanced Surgical and Endovascular Techniques for Complex Haemodialysis Vascular Access

Thrombectomy therapy using VAIVT for VA occlusion

Ultrasound-Guided PTA: Eighteen Years of Experience and Practical Techniques for Safe and Effective Intervention

6. Ultrasound

Ultrasound-guided PTA and puncture techniques

Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Selective cutaneous Nerve Block During PTA for Dysfunctional Forearm Radiocephalic AVFs

Intraprocedural Ultrasound as a Rescue and Decision-Making Tool During Fluoroscopy-Guided PTA for Hemodialysis Vascular Access

Ultrasound in Dialysis Vascular Access Intervention: The Singapore General Hospital Experience

7. PD Catheter

Interventions for Malpositioned and Malfunctioning Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters: Diagnostic and Salvage Approaches

Evolution of Peritoneal Dialysis Access for an Aging Society in Japan

8. Drug-coated Balloon

Clinical Impact and Real-World Outcomes of IN.PACT™ AV Drug-Coated Balloon: Insights from Japanese Experience

Drug-Coated Balloons in Haemodialysis Access: Current Evidence and the Emerging Role of Sirolimus

Vessel Diameter and Remodeling Metrics Predict Patency After DCB Treatment for Juxta-Anastomotic AVF Stenosis

Award Session

Oral

1. Catheter Session

2. PD-related Session

3. VAIVT & Others Session

4. AVF/AVG & Others Session

Click below for Oral and Poster Abstracts

Corporate Seminar

Luncheon Seminar by NIPRO CORPORATION

Luncheon Seminar by MEDTRONIC JAPAN CO., LTD.

Sponsored Seminar by KANEKA MEDIX CORPORATION

Sponsored Seminar by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC JAPAN K.K.