Review article

https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2020.59.01.16

The Beginnings of Kidney Transplantation in South-East Europe

Davor Primc ; Department of Vascular Surgery, Rijeka University Hospital Centre, Rijeka, Croatia
Sanjin Rački ; Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Rijeka University Hospital Centre, Rijeka, Croatia
Miha Arnol orcid.org/0000-0002-2379-7820 ; Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Marin Marinović orcid.org/0000-0001-7271-9434 ; Department of Surgery, Rijeka University Hospital Centre, Rijeka, Croatia
Ana Fućak-Primc ; Department of Anesthesiology, Rijeka University Hospital Centre, Rijeka, Croatia
Amir Muzur ; Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Simon Hawlina ; Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dean Markić orcid.org/0000-0001-5696-0850 ; Department of Urology, Rijeka University Hospital Centre, Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

Organ transplantation is one of the most important medical achievements of the 20th century. Kidney transplantation is the most efficient method of renal replacement therapy. The first successful kidney transplantation in human was performed in 1954 in Boston, USA. In former Yugoslavia, the first kidney transplantation was performed on April 16, 1970 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and second one on January 30, 1971 in Rijeka, Croatia. In both cases, the mother donated kidney to the son. In the article, we describe the prerequisite conditions for this operation, the characteristics of first patients, and the impact of transplantation program on the development of the hospitals and medical schools.

Keywords

Organ transplantation; Kidney transplantation – history; Kidney failure, chronic

Hrčak ID:

242355

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/242355

Publication date:

1.3.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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