Osakidetza broke records in November with 34 transplants at Cruces Hospital
The center has carried out 25 kidney transplants and 9 liver transplants in just one month, strengthening its national and international leadership in this field.
Osakidetza has closed the historic month ofNovember in the field of transplants with atotal of 34 interventions carried out at the Cruces University Hospital, according to a press release released by the health organization, namely 25 kidney transplants and 9 liver transplants, which make it one of the most active centres in Spain in this field.
The Cruces University Hospital is a reference in the Basque Country and other Autonomous Communities for kidney and liver transplantation and is accredited as a centre, service and reference unit (CSUR) for kidney child transplantation. In addition, much of this activity has been concentrated in a very short time. In total, 23 of the 25 kidney transplants were carried out in just 16 days, which required millimeter planning and close coordination between highly specialized groups, according to the press release.
This volume of activity is only possible in organizations with a strong structure, advanced protocols and highly qualified professionals, as highlighted by Osakidetza. The achievement has been achieved through the work of a broad multidisciplinary team involving professionals such as Nephrology, Urology, Hepatobilic Surgery and Transplants, Immunology, Transplant Coordination, Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Nursing, as well as other services such as Intensive Medicine, Blood Bank, Infectious Medicine, Biochemistry, Pathological Anatomy and Radiology.
More than four decades of transplant activity
Since the start of the kidney transplant program in 1979, Osakidetza has performed more than 5100 kidney transplants in adults and pediatrics, 62 of which have been combined liver and kidney transplants, according to the press release. So far this year, the Cruces University Hospital has performed 151 kidney transplants, most of them from the deceased donor, as well as 14 live donors and five kidneys.
The live donor programme, which began in 2006, has so far carried out 320 transplants, including cross-transplants, according to data provided by Osakidetza. With regard to paediatrics, Cruces is a reference centre in the state, and since 1981 has carried out 266 kidney transplants for minors from the Basque Country and Navarra, Cantabria, Asturias, Galicia, Aragón or Castilla y León.
With regard to liver transplantation, the programme began in 1996 and already has 1934 interventions. Thus, the hospital is among the five State centres with the highest volume of activity, according to the press release. The unit performs an average of 70 liver transplants per year and also serves patients from Cantabria due to the complexity of the cases.
Euskadi, a reference in organ donation
These results are part of the high level of donation of organs in the Basque Country, which reaches a rate of 56.6 donors per million inhabitants by 2024, one of the highest in the world, according to the press release, which reflects the coordination between health and non-health groups and the solidarity of Basque society.
"Thanks to this high donation rate and intense transplant activity, Osakidetza has consolidated its position as a national and international reference for transplants," the information note stresses.
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