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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BONE TISSUE BANK AT MOSTAR UNIVERSITY CLINICAL HOSPITAL
Marko Ostojić1, Zrinka Bulj1, David Kordić1
11Department of Orthopedics, Mostar University Clinical Hospital, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 2Department of Orthopedics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; 3Emergency Department, Mostar Public Health Centre, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 4Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 5Department of Histology and Embryology, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 6Department of Surgery, Mostar University Clinical Hospital, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 7Department of Neurosurgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 8Dubrovnik General Hospital, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Abstract:
Bone tissue banks are necessary for collection, production, testing, packaging, storage and delivery of bone transplants. Bone tissue bank is a link between the donor and the recipient by which the donation becomes a medium of health improvement for both the donor and the recipient. At the Department of Orthopedics, Mostar University Clinical Hospital, about 200 total hip replacements are performed per year. Most patients undergoing total hip replacement surgery (90%) have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis, and they are suitable donors, having in mind their age and comorbidities. In the same Department, around 50 procedures that require bone transplants are performed per year. A team of highly competent surgeons are working on an intensive process of adaptation oriented to quality improvement and intensification of the activity, both with the goal of meeting the standards of excellence in orthopedic surgery. The presence of a bone tissue bank has a favorable impact on the quality of health care owing to bone transplant availability, as well as on the scientific role of a highly specialized institution that examines the properties of bone tissue.