ZAGREB, 10 March, 2021 - The university hospital centre in Split recently performed its first transplant of stem cells, and the patient concerned is a 62-year-old woman, who is recovering from the surgery very well, the centre's director, Julije Meštrović said at a news conference on Wednesday.
The operation was performed 16 days ago, and this is the first time to have a stem cell transplant outside Zagreb.
This is a great success for the medical profession in Split and Croatia, he said.
Three hospitals in Zagreb perform stem cell transplants, and the first surgery of this kind was conducted in 1983.
The Split hospital expects to annually carry out 10-15 transplants of this kind.
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