Review article

THE HISTORY OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION AT SUŠAK HOSPITAL

ŽELJKO FUČKAR ; Rijeka University Hospital Center, Department of Urology, Rijeka, Croatia
DEAN MARKIĆ ; Rijeka University Hospital Center, Department of Urology, Rijeka, Croatia
JOSIP ŠPANJOL ; Rijeka University Hospital Center, Department of Urology, Rijeka, Croatia
MAKSIM VALENČIĆ ; Rijeka University Hospital Center, Department of Urology, Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

Kidney transplantation is the most efficient method of renal replacement therapy. Development of kidney transplantation occurred in the second part of the 20th century. At Sušak hospital, the first experimental surgical acts on animal models started in 1996. The first kidney transplantation from living related donor at Sušak hospital was performed on January 31, 1971. One year later, first transplantation from cadaveric donor was performed. In the last 40 years, development of transplantation medicine in Rijeka and Croatia was successful and Rijeka has become one of the top transplantation centers in Croatia today. Since 2007, Department of Urology has become Referral Center for Kidney Transplantation of the Croatian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.

Keywords

kidney transplantation; history; Rijeka

Hrčak ID:

89612

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/89612

Publication date:

1.3.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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