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El Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge (HUB) acogerá los próximos días 14 y 15 de junio los II International Debates on Endocrine Surgery. Esta reunión, dirigida por parte del HUB por el Dr. Pablo Moreno, reunirá como ponentes algunos de los profesionales más prestigiosos de la especialidad. El encuentro contará con más de 100 asistentes de […]

Bellvitge University Hospital has managed to increase the survival rate of patients who underwent surgery for rupture of an aneurysm by 20%. Six out of ten patients with ruptured aortic aneurysm do recover after the treatment. The previous recovery rate used to be four out of ten. This improvement has been made possible thanks to the set […]

A group of experts from the AIDS Study Group (GeSIDA), co-led by Dr Podzamczer, have drawn a consensus document about clinical management of neurocognitive disorders associated with HIV infection with a view to helping these patients. “This document, which is intended for clinicians and psychologists  who are devoted to these patients’ attention, provides those tools […]

Selective biopsy of the sentinel node is a reliable technique for lymph node staging on patients with early stage oral squamous cell carcinoma. Presurgical (before surgery) lymphogammagraphy is also essential, since it may show unexpected drainage pathways. These are the main conclusions of  the study  “Lymphoscintigraphy in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Sentinel Node Biopsy and Its Role in the […]

Bellvitge University Hospital has published the protocol “Action plan for anaphylaxis, angioedema and urticaria at Emergency Department”, which can be found at the Procedures, Protocols and Regulations section of the hospital’s intranet. This document makes an independent review of Emergency’s action plan in front of these three pathological events, including definition, physiopathology, diagnosis, treatment and care […]

Bellvitge University Hospital was one of the first few hospitals in catalonia to use prostatic vaporization with advanced laser. This technique is more sophisticated than the previous ones and it enables larger-size benign prostatic hypertrophies to be treated on an outpatient basis. Prostatic vaporization with laser is a minimally invasive technique that is used on those […]

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis generates progressive physical disability although patients’ intellectual functions are generally not affected. Currently existing treatments help improve patients quality of life and survival age. Nevertheless, research is a key factor in the future design of palliative treatments that may improve patient’s life prognosis. For this reason, current research is focused on the search […]

Currently, 2 to 5% of general population suffer from this disorder, which affects males and females equally. Patients with binge-eating disorder show in general more difficulty in stress management, are more impulsive and appear to have less self-esteem than patients with other eating disorders. They show depression symptoms and are worried about their physical appearance.  People with binge-eating […]

Bellvitge University Hospital is currently treating around 80% of the patients who want to quit smoking through the use of new technologies (IT). In most cases face-to-face consultations are combined with phone and web consultations. Therapy is only web-based for a small group of patients. Bellvitge University Hospital was one of the first few to use IT […]

The number of optimum heart donors has fallen in recent years, mainly due to a dicrease in traffic accidents rate. Some years ago, most hearts for transplantation came from traffic accident victims. Nowadays only 13,6% of transplanted hearts in Spain come from this source. Bellvitge University Hospital is a national reference point in the use […]