We are the combination of four hospitals: the General Hospital, the Children’s Hospital, the Women’s Hospital and the Traumatology, Rehabilitation and Burns Hospital. We are part of the Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus: a world-leading health park where healthcare plays a crucial role.
Patients are the centre and the core of our system. We are professionals committed to quality care and our organizational structure breaks down the traditional boundaries between departments and professional groups, with an exclusive model of knowledge areas.
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The commitment of Vall d'Hebron University Hospital to innovation allows us to be at the forefront of medicine, providing first class care adapted to the changing needs of each patient.
The Endocrine, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Unit is part of the General Surgery Department and has two main purposes: on the one hand, we handle tasks related to endocrine surgery, and, on the other, we also handle metabolic and bariatric issues.
We offer excellence in care for thyroid surgery, and our clinical research and the use of the latest techniques, such as recurrent nerve monitoring and visual amplification of the surgical field, mean the care provided for this pathology guarantees the highest standards, both in benign and malignant pathology.
As for parathyroid pathology, we always try to use minimally invasive techniques.
Adrenal pathology is addressed primarily through laparoscopic surgery, and the Unit has acquired extensive experience over the years.
The Abdominal Wall Surgery Unit is a part of the General Surgery Department and has a long tradition in this field. It deals with patients with generic pathologies and, above all, with complex wall pathologies, which is a field where many patients struggle to find an adequate solution to their problem when it is handled as a general surgery issue.
Vall d'Hebron University Hospital has a specific Unit in the field of abdominal wall surgery to help evolve from a specialist unit to a super-specialist unit. This evolution is due to the magnitude of the clinical-therapeutic information that is currently needed to treat general surgery and digestive tract patients in the most appropriate way. Abdominal wall surgery is fully defined and has its own section.
At the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplants Department at Vall d'Hebron Hospital, we are pioneers and a reference centre in lung transplants and the treatment of lung cancer with minimally invasive techniques.
Since the inauguration of the Department, in 1969, our goal has been to provide comprehensive care for patients suffering from thoracic surgical disease, to improve their quality of life using highly specialised techniques. To achieve this, our work with thoracic surgeons in multidisciplinary teams is key. This collaboration enriches us as professionals as well as people.
In accordance with the definition of the specialisation, the competence of General and Digestive Surgery is the surgical, elective and urgent pathology of diseases of the digestive system, the abdominal wall, the endocrine system, the breast, the skin and the soft tissue, the retroperitoneum and the external pathology of the head and neck. The professional team is divided into subspecialties, which means our professionals have a high degree of knowledge in various specific areas.
This specialisation in the field of healthcare, and also in research and teaching, are key to offering the best service and to continue being a reference in the sector. Our teams are accredited by external, autonomous, state and international agencies that support our excellent results in the treatment of different diseases.
Units making up the Department
The department is divided into four independent sub-units, each of which is a benchmark in its sub-speciality:
The Colon and Rectal Surgery Unit is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of pathologies of the colon, rectum and anus.
The Colon and Rectal Surgery Unit is a reference centre for this type of operation, and is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon, rectum and anus. Currently, the medical team is made up of surgeons who are devoted exclusively to coloproctology.
The core of this teaching unit is provided by the General and Digestive Surgery Department, with participation from Anaesthesia, Radiodiagnosis, Thoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery.
Training itinerary for General Surgery and Digestive System
Since it was founded in 1969, the Thoracic Surgery Department has been dedicated to completing care for people with thoracic disorders requiring surgery, whilst always seeking to maintain the highest standards of quality and excellence. The calibre of the training residents receive in this specialisation enables then to go on to become thoracic surgeons upon completion of their training, either at Vall d’Hebron or in other national or international centres.
Thoracic Surgery Training Itinerary
The cornerstone of Thoracic Surgery is the Thoracic Surgery Department, with participation from General Surgery, Radiology, Respiratory Medicine, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Intensive Care Medicine.
Resident doctors can carry out pioneering techniques such as video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary, pleural, and mediastinal pathologies; and other procedures such as thoracic sympathectomy treatment for hyperhidrosis palmaris and thoracic wall and diaphragm surgery. Surgery to treat pleural disorders and lung transplants in adults and children is also carried out. Residents also take part in oncology treatment through tracheal reconstruction and lung cancer surgery.
In addition, resident doctors must familiarise themselves with diagnostic imaging; be it in pneumology, radiology, ultrasound, or direct or video-assisted endoscopy.
During their rotation in the Intensive Care Unit, specialists have the chance to apply their knowledge of pulmonary function and physiopathology of chronic and acute respiratory failure for the proper management of patients with critical respiratory disorders.
The Thoracic Surgery Department has carried out multiple experimental surgery studies as part of the General Surgery research group (trachea transplant, new therapies using aerostatic products, ex vivo lung perfusion, etc.) and is currently researching lung transplants using animal models.
We encourage residents to take part in sessions, seminars, committees and the different courses and conferences to complement their training in organ transplant and donation, advances in respiratory medicine and pleural disorders. They are also urged to take part in scientific events held by the Catalan Thoracic Surgery Society, to keep up to date with scientific methodology and research.
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