Transplantation Surgery Department at IKEM Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic: Increasing Volume and Improving Outcomes Through Innovative Clinical Strategies and Technical Approaches

0585342 - FGÚ 2024 US eng J - Journal Article
Froněk, J. - Chlupáč, Jaroslav
Transplantation Surgery Department at IKEM Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic: Increasing Volume and Improving Outcomes Through Innovative Clinical Strategies and Technical Approaches.
Transplantation. Roč. 107, č. 11 (2023), s. 2285-2289. ISSN 0041-1337. E-ISSN 1534-6080
Institutional support: RVO:67985823
Keywords : organ transplantation * immunology * surgery
OECD category: Transplantation
Impact factor: 6.2, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
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The Czech Republic (CZ), located in central Europe, has a population of 10.5 million with Prague as its capital. Details on the organization of its 7 transplantation (Tx) centers, their procedures, and history have been published before.1 The Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM), Prague, comprises 2 surgical departments: the Cardiac Surgery Department, performing 40–50 heart Tx annually, and the Transplantation Surgery Department, performing approximately 450 abdominal Tx procedures per year. Since 2011, our department has undergone organizational changes and the implementation of new programs under the leadership of Professor Jiri Fronek.2 Currently, all abdominal Tx procedures in adults and both, adult and pediatric liver transplantations (LTs) take place in our department. Moreover, we also perform general, gastrointestinal, hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB), bariatric, vascular, and urological surgeries.
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