University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Kišpatićeva 12, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Head: Prof. dr. sc. Drago Prgomet
E-mail: predstojnik_orl@kbc-zagreb.hr
Phone. +385 (0) 23 67 610; +385 (0) 23 67 561
Fax +385 (0)1 23 67 559
Our Department provides diagnosis and treatment for ear, nose and throat problems and conditions associated with the head and neck area. Founded on 26 September 1921, it is one of the oldest departments in southeastern Europe, and since than the teaching basis of Zagreb University School of Medicine. The Department underwent many qualitative changes, continuously keeping step with the developments in otorhinolaryngology. As the leading otorhinolaryngology institution it covers the whole Croatian territory for complicated pathology, and it has numerous patients from neighboring countries also. Nineteen specialists are currently working in the Department, most of which are subspecialists. Scientific research at the Department is accomplished through science projects supported by the Republic of Croatia Ministry of Science. Scientific publishing activity of the Department must also be emphasized, with the more than 2500 papers published. Since 2007, the largest part of the Department (inpatient division, operating rooms, outpatient division, and emergency room) is located at the newly built building at Kišpatićeva Street (at the location popularly called "Rebro").
Outpatient division
Phone. + 385 (0)1 23 67 367
Annually, about 40 000 patients are examined at the outpatient clinic thatconsists of six specialized rooms for outpatients, the anesthesiology outpatient clinic and the one-day surgical facility. The premises of the one-day surgery and the operating room are also located at the Outpatient division.
Inpatient division
This Division is a 65-bed facility. The rooms are of a high accommodation standard with single and double bed rooms. The average time hospitalized patients spend in hospital is 5.3 days. There are five divisions and Intensive care unit.
Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Head and Neck SurgeryPhone. +385 (0)1 23 67 556
Unit of Otoneurology
Phone. +385 (0)1 23 67 780
Unit of Rhinology
Phone. +385 (0)1 23 67 577
Unit of Oncology
Phone. +385 (0)1 23 67 571
Unit of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Phone. +385 (0)1 23 67 577
Intensive care unit
Phone. + 385 (0)1 23 67 564
Operating rooms
Phone. + 385 (0)1 23 67 030; 23 67 032
The Division disposes with 5 modern equipped operating rooms. The type of anesthesia of the patient depends on the type of procedure (local intensified, inhalation, intravenous, “jet” anesthesia). Postoperatively, patients are placed into recovery rooms or in the intensive care unit. The patients are cared for by anesthesiologists from the Unit for otolaryngological anesthesia of the Division for anesthesia and intensive care. We perform approximately 4 000 operations per year.
Among others, the following procedures are performed at the Division: • Head and neck diagnostics and surgery • Plastic and reconstructive procedures of the head and neck area • Free microvascular flaps • Plastic surgery (face lifting, otoplasty, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, eyelid scar correction) • Thyroid and parathyroid gland surgery • Endoscopic minimally invasive thyroid and parathyroid gland surgery • Pediatric otolaryngology procedures • Cochlear implantation • Surgical treatments of chronic ear infections and its complications • Surgical treatments of cranial base tumors • Minimally invasive endoscopic sinus surgery • Endonasal endoscopic orbital and optic nerve decompression • Endonasal endoscopic closures of the CSF leaks and surgery for tumors of the anterior, middle and posterior skull base • Endonasal endoscopic repair of choanal atresia and endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy • Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (standard, laser and harmonic scalpel techniques) • Diagnostics of hearing disorders • ENG, computer-videonistagmography and craniocorporography • Hearing rehabilitation • Phonosurgery • Speech and phonetic education and rehabilitation The Division uses modern technology and equipment in diagnostics and surgery, among others laser, harmonic scalpel, intraoperative neuromonitoring, ENT navigation systems, JET anesthesia, computer-videonistagmography and craniocorporography, management system for operating rooms etc.
Division of Audiology
Phone. +385 (0)1 23 68 838
Division of Phoniatrics
Phone. +385 (0)1 23 68 836
These Divisions remained at the hill Šalata where whole Department was located before, and will be relocated to "Rebro" after the completion of a new building for these Centers.
Last updated: oct 21, 2009.
