THE BEGINNINGS OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

Organ transplantation is one of the most important medical achievements of the 20(th) 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...

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Autores principales: Primc, Davor, Rački, Sanjin, Arnol, Miha, Marinović, Marin, Fućak-Primc, Ana, Muzur, Amir, Hawlina, Simon, Markić, Dean
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medical Research, Vinogradska cesta c. 29 Zagreb 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7382875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32724284
http://dx.doi.org/10.20471/acc.2020.59.01.16
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Sumario:Organ transplantation is one of the most important medical achievements of the 20(th) 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.

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