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University Hospital Centre Zagreb
Department of Surgery
Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb
Phone: + 385 1 2388-206
Fax. + 385 1 2421-845
E-mail: predstojnik_kir@kbc-zagreb.hr
Head of Department: Professor Mate Majerović, MD, PhD
Head Nurse: Ljerka Vujčić, ADN / RN
Our Department of Surgery is the leading medical, scientific and educational institution in Croatia in this field of medicine. Our long tradition as the leading general surgery institution and significant authority enables us to cover not only the Zagreb region, but the whole Croatian territory for complicated surgical pathology.
Scientific research and scientific publishing work at the Department is a very important part of our work. Our employees participate in domestic and foreign science projects, as well as in publishing scientific papers in eminent medical journals.
The Department serves as the basic teaching facility for medical students within the University of Zagreb School of Medicine undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The education of residents in general surgery and fellows in traumatology, abdominal surgery, paediatric surgery, vascular surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery is conducted in our institution as well as the continuous education for medical doctors.
One of our many objectives is to keep up with developments in general surgery for the overall benefit of our patients.
DEPARTMENT HISTORY
The Department of Surgery was founded in 1918. The education in surgery at the University of Zagreb, School of Medicine started in 1920. A new hospital building for the Department of Surgery was opened in 1921 in Draškovićeva Street, but it was relocated to its today’s in 1946. Some of the first operations in Croatia were performed in our institution such as the first cardiac operation with cardiopulmonary bypass in 1964 and the first heart transplantation in 1988. The first liver transplantation was performed in 1990, and in 2001 we successfully performed the first liver transplantation in a child from a live donor. Since 2007 we have been performing peritonectomy and hyperthermic chemotherapy, and since 2009 SILS and laparoscopic colon surgery. In 2008 a new operating unit was opened with 18 operating rooms and a division for one-day surgery. The Department’s units and clinic were completely renovated in 2009.
ORGANISATION
The Department of Surgery consists of the following divisions:
1) Division of Traumatology, Bone and Joint Surgery
2) Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation
3) Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery
4) Division of Vascular Surgery
5) Division of Paediatric Surgery and Urology
6) Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Breast Surgery
7) Division of One-day Surgery
8) Clinic
9) Operating Unit
The Department disposes of 145 beds and 18 operating rooms. We also have 4 operating rooms and 18 beds in the one-day surgery division.
There are 39 surgeons and 17 residents employed at the department. Out of 39 surgeons 6 are professors and 5 are assistant professors at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine. We have 14 doctors with a PhD degree.
Furthermore, there are 17 registered nurses, 97 nurses and 39 other personnel members employed at the department.
We perform about 4200 elective surgeries and 1500 emergency surgeries in general or regional anaesthesia per year. Furthermore, we perform 2200 surgeries in our One-day Surgery Division and about 3500 emergency surgeries in local anaesthesia per year.
DEPARTMENT SERVICES
Division of Traumatology, Bone and Joint Surgery
Phone: + 385 1 238 8203
We treat all traumatized patients, including the ones with most severe injuries which require multidisciplinary treatment. The division’s interest is focused on managing severely injured patients. Our division has achieved the Level I of excellence according to the American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma – ACS.
Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Phone: + 385 1 238 8201
The Division is known for its liver transplantation program, large surgery of liver and biliary ducts, pancreatic surgery and laparoscopic surgery. We perform all resection operations of the liver in tumor surgery, radical surgery in malignant neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract, concomitant surgery of colon malignant tumors and liver metastasis, fast track colon surgery as well as reoperations in patients from other institutions.
Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Phone: + 385 1 238 8200
The Division deals with surgical and laparoscopic methods in the treatment of all surgical diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and the treatment of obesity using a multidisciplinary approach in patient management. We perform different methods of hernia repair, malignant tumor treatment with radio frequency ablation, gastric band in the treatment of obesity and peritonectomy and hyperthermic chemotherapy in the treatment of peritoneal carcinosis.
Division of Vascular Surgery
Phone: + 385 1 238 8240
The Division deals with the surgical treatment of occlusive arterial diseases, aneurysms, vascular trauma, inherent malformations, varicose veins and other diseases of blood vessels. A large part of the surgeries are revascularizations of the peripheral arteries. We perform surgeries on supraaortal blood vessels, aneurysms of the thoracic and abdominal aorta and its visceral branches. The employees of our division are members of the liver transplantation team and the team for extra cranial cerebral occlusive diseases.
Division of Paediatric Surgery and Urology
Phone: + 385 1 238 8221
The Division consists of a unit for neonatal surgery, a unit for urology and a unit for general paediatric surgery. We treat all paediatric surgical diseases, except for neurological and cardiac surgical diseases. The Division is known for surgical treatment of congenital malformations, malignant tumors of childhood, endocrine surgery, lung operations, liver operations, surgical treatment of portal hypertension and bladder augmentation. We successfully perform liver transplantation in children.
Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Breast Surgery
Phone: + 385 1 238 8205
The division deals with breast surgery, reconstruction surgery, and aesthetic surgery, oncologic surgery of soft tissues, peripheral nerves surgery and hand surgery. We perform a large number of surgical procedures in local and regional anaesthesia in the One-day Surgery Division. The employees of our division are members of the breast carcinoma treatment team.
Last updated: jan 20, 2010.
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