Organ transplants
Keywords:All organ transplantations in Finland are performed at HUS. Organ transplantation surgeries for adult patients are performed at Meilahti Tower Hospital and organ transplantation for pediatric patients at New Children's Hospital.
Andrei and Matti received similar ventricular assist devices – one of them still has it, the other has a new heart
Andrei Podgoretskii and Matti Tervonen received ventricular assist devices at HUS Heart and Lung Center. The same ventricular assist device is still pumping in Matti’s chest, while Andrei now has a transplanted heart.
Units
5A Transplantation and liver surgery, pancreatic and gastric surgery, Meilahti Triangle Hospital
The treatment of liver and intestinal transplant patients and patients requiring demanding liver surgery have been nationally centralized on Ward 5A. In…
5B Renal and pancreatic transplants, nephrology, Meilahti Triangle Hospital
The treatment of renal and pancreatic transplant patients and patients undergoing renal transplants from family members have been nationally centralized on…
Surgery and Anesthesia Unit, Meilahti Tower Hospital
In the Surgery and Anesthesia Unit of Meilahti Tower Hospital, we perform surgical procedures in the specialties of gastrointestinal, vascular, cardiac…
Cardiac Surgery Ward M10, Meilahti Tower Hospital
On the Cardiac Surgery Ward at Meilahti Tower Hospital, we treat patients requiring cardiac surgery or heart-lung transplants.