The twentieth kidney transplant was successfully performed in the University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska. The first transplant was performed more than four years ago in the UCC RS with the assistance of the Team from the Military Medical Academy Belgrade that was also involved in the education of our personnel. Up to now, all the transplants were performed without any complications.

The twentieth kidney transplant was performed on Friday, November 6th, 2015. A transplant patient was V.S. (born in 1992) and a donor was a mother V.M. (born in 1969). 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 included joint discussion on medical documentation and making the decision on conducting the procedure.

In future, transplant team of the UCC RS will be able to perform this procedure mostly independently. Vascular surgeons from the MMA will still be a part of process of education of our staff members who will soon be able to perform these procedures without any assistance. Accordingly, we confirmed our readiness to stand on an equal footing with the reputable institutions in the region.

Transplant team of the University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska was comprised of: Assistant General Manager for Medical Affairs, Slobodan Hajder, MD, Assistant Professor Milorad Grujicic, MD, PhD, Head of the UCC RS Transplant Team, Assistant Professor Branislav Gasic, MD, PhD, Head of the Internal Medicine Clinic, Novak Vasic, MD, MSc, Head of the Vascular Surgery Clinic, Sasa Vlaisavljevic MD and Tatjana Sutilovic MD, Assistant Professor Milan Zigic, MD, PhD, Head of the section of Surgical Transplant Team and Head of the Urology Clinic, Dusan Todic, MD and Natasa Laganin MD. Also, Head of the Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Darko Golic MD, Dragan Svraka MD and Slobodan Kovacevic MD participated in the procedure.

Besides heads of the Transplant Team, anaesthetic technicians Dijana Topic and Sanja Ilincic, Head Nurse of the Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Biljana Jankovic, theatre nurses Danijela Tanasic, Tanja Zvijerac, Dijana Vranjes, Maja Karalic, Biljana Bozic and Head Nurse of the Service of Operating Theatres with Sterilization Rada Spanjic also participated in the transplantation.

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