Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2018.57.s1.02
20 Years of the Reference Center for Prostate Tumors of the Ministry Of Health at the Department of Urology in Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital Center
Igor Tomašković
orcid.org/0000-0003-4182-9707
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb; Faculty of Medicine, J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek; Scientific Center of Excellence for Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, Zagreb
Sven Nikles
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb
Ivan Pezelj
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb
Miroslav Tomić
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb; Scientific Center of Excellence for Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, Zagreb
Ivan Svaguša
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb
Matea Pirša
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb
Danijel Justinić
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb
Igor Grubišić
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb
Matej Knežević
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb
Borna Vrhovec
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb
Alek Popović
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb
Ante Reljić
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb
Borislav Spajić
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb; Scientific Center of Excellence for Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, Zagreb
Josip Katušić
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb
Boris Ružić
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb; Scientific Center of Excellence for Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, Zagreb
Abstract
Department of Urology at the Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center is the oldest urological institution in the Republic of Croatia and this part of Europe. Today, the Department is a modern tertiary healthcare institution, where the most complex methods of urological practice are performed using modern medical devices and highly sophisticated technology. In 2011, our urology specialist education program was certified by the European Board of Urology (EBU) as the only one of its kind in Croatia. The program was recertified in 2017. The Department runs a program for the early detection of prostate cancer and performs more than 240 radical prostatectomies annually, which is the highest number of such interventions in Croatia. The aim of this study is to present the work and the activities of the Reference Center for Prostate Tumors of the Ministry of Health at the Department of Urology in Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center over the last 20 years. The database of the Reference Center for Prostate Tumors of the Ministry of Health at the Department of Urology in Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center was reviewed. During the twenty-year period, approx-imately 15,000 prostate interventions were performed due to benign and malignant diseases. Of this, 7,374 transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsies, 2,632 radical prostatectomies with open retropubic access, 3,988 transurethral prostate resections and 1,097 open suprapubic adenomectomies were performed. With the achieved scientific and professional results in monitoring, studying and improving the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of prostate tumors, as well as with the professional conditions and personnel, the Department of Urology in Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center truly justifies the title of the Reference Center for Prostate Tumors of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia awarded to it in 1998
Keywords
Prostate; Prostate cancer; Department of Urology; Reference Center for Prostate Tumors; Eu-ropean Board of Urology (EBU)
Hrčak ID:
207885
URI
Publication date:
1.10.2018.
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