What are you looking for? Search Common searches: Departments, Hospitalisation, Professionals, Outpatient clinics, Health advice, Accreditations, Diseases, Diagnostic tests, Treatments, The birth of a child, Emergency, Visiting patients, Fulltext search Tipus de contingut Services and units Professionals Pathologies Health advices Health and wellness Diagnostic tests Treatments News Activities Centers - Any - Search Vall d’Hebron implements One Step Ictus: pioneering technology and approach to streamline and improve stroke care One Step Ictus transforms care for patients with ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke by concentrating the entire care approach in a single direct-access room, reducing response times from arrival at the Emergency Department to the start of treatment. Vall d’Hebron performs the world’s first fully robotic lung transplant using a novel access route The use of robotic surgery makes it possible to replace the traditional 30-centimetre incision in the thorax with small incisions just a few centimetres long. It represents a paradigm shift in lung transplant surgery and a radical change for patients. Vall d’Hebron’s Smart ICU, a pioneer in Spain in connected medical devices and secondary use of data The Smart ICU is equipped with the most advanced technology, connected to the Smart Display, a unique program in Spain that integrates all clinical and safety data and transforms it into information that supports decision-making by healthcare professionals. Vall d’Hebron Hospital performs the first intestinal transplant in Catalonia The hospital successfully performed the first intestinal transplant in Catalonia, a rare type of transplant due to the complexity of the technique. Treatments Liver transplant Liver transplant is a surgical procedure in which a diseased liver is replaced by one from a living or deceased donor. The operation is indicated when the liver stops working properly and there is no other effective medical or surgical treatment. News The 3rd Vall d’Hebron PhD Day highlights the scientific excellence of the predoctoral community The event gathered over 120 attendees, consolidating Vall d’Hebron’s PhD Day as a key space for fostering collaboration in the biomedical field. News More than half of the women participating in the CHANCE project reported having experienced sexual violence. The preliminary results from the first cross-sectional study of teenagers and young adults aged 11 to 25 in the Angolan municipalities of Lobito and Cubal highlight the urgent need for comprehensive sex education. Pathologies Vascular rings Vascular rings, which mainly affect children, are alterations to the position of the large arteries (aorta) which compress neighbouring structures such as the trachea and oesophagus. This anomaly may result in various disorders. The most common include: double aortic arch, pulmonary sling, a Pathologies Asperger’s syndrome Asperger’s syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that falls within the spectrum of autism disorders. It is typified by social awkwardness, limiting interests and ongoing behaviours. These symptoms make it difficult for patients to have a normal social life and they also affect famil Pathologies Cancer Cancer is the abnormally fast multiplication of cells which spread and invade nearby tissue or other parts of the body. It can also spread to other organs. This is known as “metastasis”. There are over 200 types of cancer. They are normally categorised according to the tissue or organ w Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 248 Next page ››