At the University Hospital Clinical Centre Banja Luka 17th kidney transplant was performed

University Hospital Clinical Centre Banja Luka Transplant team under the supervision of a Team of the Military Medical Academy Belgrade performed 17^th kidney transplant (a total of five transplants performed this year at the University Hospital Clinical Centre Banja Luka).

The first transplant was performed more than four years ago at the University Hospital Clinical Centre Banja Luka with the assistance of a team from the Military Medical Academy (MMA) who participated in the process of education of our personnel. It is important to emphasize that all of the transplants done so far passed regularly i.e. without any uncommon complications. Our Transplant team forthe second time performed transplantation independently under the supervision of the MMA Transplant team.

17^th transplant was performed on Friday, 5^th of December 2014, and the transplanted patient was A.M. (1961) while the donor was his sister L.Z. (1972). Complete preoperative preparation of the patients was carried by our physicians at the Department of Nephrology of the Internal Medicine Clinic. Technique for the video conference with the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade was used during preparation for transplantation.

The Transplant team from the Military Medical Academy Belgrade: Professor Novak Milovic, MD PhD, Head of the MMA Transplant team, Docent Aleksandar Tomic, MD PhD, Head of the MMA Vascular Surgery, Professor Milorad Radojevic, Head of the MMA Transplant centre and Vesna Kapetanic, theatre nurse.

The  University Hospital Clinical Centre Banja Luka Transplant team: Docent Milorad Grujicic, MD PhD, Head of the UH CCBL Transplant team, Docent Milan Zigic, MD PhD,  Head of the section of the Surgical transplant team and Head of the Clinic of Urology, Novak Vasic, MD M. Sc. vascular surgeon and Head of the Vascular Surgery Clinic, Docent  Branislav Gasic, MD PhD specialists nephrologists and Head of the Internal Medicine Clinic, Docent Darko Golic, MD PhD  a specialist anaesthesiologist and Head of the Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care. Alongside heads of the Transplant team colleagues from the related fields of medicine in the UH CCBL, i.e. urologists, anaesthesiologists, anaesthetists, nurses and theatre nurses participated in transplantation.