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In 1976, Vall d’Hebron performed the first kidney transplant in an adult patient. This laid the foundation for a successful program that has since carried out over 2,000 kidney transplants.
In the early 1970s, Vall d’Hebron Hospital had not yet begun performing transplants, although some kidney extractions were already being carried out. Dr. Francisco Solé Balcells, head of the newly established Urology Department, together with Dr. Serrallach, promoted a training program in transplant surgery, which they practiced on animals. However, the main driving force behind the renal transplant program was Dr. Antoni Caralps, who had already performed such procedures a few years earlier at Hospital Clínic.
The Kidney Transplant Unit was established in 1975, with Dr. Lluis Piera as head of the Nephrology Department. The Unit had four sterile rooms, one operating room for extraction, and another for implantation, connected by a central room. On January 13, 1976, the first kidney transplant was performed on a patient who survived until 1990. A kidney from a deceased donor was used, and the surgeons were Dr. Francisco Solé Balcells and Dr. Baldomero Quintanilla. Dr. Antoni Caralps and Dr. Albert Brullés coordinated the entire process that allowed the patient to receive a kidney from a cadaveric donor. In April of the same year, a second transplant was performed, this time using a kidney from a living donor.
Kidney transplantation is the best therapeutic option for treating renal failure, as it can prolong and improve the quality of life for patients with kidney disease.
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