The eighteenth kidney transplant was performed in the University Hospital Clinical Centre Banjaluka

The eighteenth kidney transplant was successfully performed in the University Hospital Clinical Centre Banja Luka. We would like to remind the public that the first transplant was performed more than four years ago in the UH CC BL with the assistance of the Team from the Military Medical Academy Belgrade that has been also involved in the education of our personnel.It is important to emphasize that up to now all the transplants were performed without any complications.

The eighteenth transplant was performed on Friday, March 13^th, 2015. A transplant patient was R.G. (aged 30 years) and a donor was a mother R.S. (aged 50 years). A complete preoperative preparation of patients was carried out by our physicians at the Department of Nephrology of the Internal Medicine Clinic. During the preparation of transplantation, video conferencing was used in communication with the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade. It includes joint discussion on medical documentation and making the decision on conducting the procedure.

We expect that the following transplants will be performed independently by the transplant team of the University Hospital Clinical Centre Banjaluka under the supervision of colleagues from MMA.

The transplant team of the University Hospital Clinical Centre Banjaluka was comprised of: Assistant General Manager for Medical Affairs, Slobodan Hajder, MD, Docent Milorad Grujicic, MD, PhD, Head of the UH CC BL Transplant team, Docent Milan Zigic, MD, PhD, Head of the section of Surgical transplant team and Head of the Urology Clinic, Natasa Laganin, MD, Dusan Todic, MD, Novak Vasic, MD, MSc, a vascular surgeon and Head of the Vascular Surgery Clinic, Sasa Vlaisavljevic, MD, Vladimir Keca, MD, Docent Branislav Gasic, MD, PhD, a specialist in nephrology and Head of the Internal Medicine Clinic, Docent Darko Golic, MD, PhD, a specialist in anaesthesiology and Head of the Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Vojislav Vujanovic, MD and Bojan Tomanic, MD. Besides heads of the Transplant team, colleagues experienced in the related fields of medicine in the UH CC BL also participated in the transplantation (urologists, anaesthesiologists, anaesthetic technicians, theatre nurses and nurses).

The Transplant team of the Military Medical Academy Belgrade was comprised of: Professor Novak Milovic, MD, PhD, Head of the MMA Transplant team, Docent Aleksandar Tomic, MD, PhD, Head of the MMA Vascular Surgery Clinic, Professor Neven Vavic MD, PhD, Head of the MMA Transplant Centre and Vesna Kapetanic, a theatre nurse.