Cardiology HOSPITALS

Clinic Review

Helsinki University Hospital - a multi-specialty institution has become a leader among the clinics in Finland during its working period. It consists of 23 hospitals, about half a million patients use its services every year. Each year, experts conduct more than 100,000 operations and take more than 20,000 deliveries of babies. In 2014, the European Oncology Organization awarded the status of the Comprehensive Oncology Center to the Cancer Department at the University Hospital of Helsinki. This clinic is the first in Scandinavia to receive such a high status. Since the clinic operates on the basis of the university, doctors are engaged in research activities. The hospital constantly introduces new methods of treatment that have been tested in clinical studies. Every year, 20 million laboratory tests are conducted at the University Hospital of Helsinki. There is also a biobank, the purpose of which is the study of genetic predispositions, environmental factors and lifestyle for the causes of diseases. Specialists are studying disease prevention, developing more effective and safe methods of diagnosis and treatment. In 2015, the biobank received a license to operate from Valvira - the State Control and Supervision Service for Social Security and Health.
 

Features of the Clinic

ONCOLOGY IN HELSINKI

The largest oncology center in Finland operates in this hospital. Every year, 21,000 patients use their services, 8,000 of whom are new.

The Oncology Center performs 1600 breast cancer surgeries per year. Five-year patient survival after treatment is 90%, which is more than in the developing countries.

Doctors use two types of radiation therapy: external and internal (brachytherapy). When an external source of radiation is outside the body, with brachytherapy, doctors inject a source into the tumor. Most often, radiation therapy is carried out in conjunction with chemotherapy and surgery. Experts use it for metastatic lesions.

Chemotherapy drug treatment of cancerous diseases at the University Hospital Helsinki is carried out by three types of drugs. The first ones are cytotoxins, these prevent the division of cancer cells, as a result of which the cancer cells die. Doctors injected drugs intravenously and orally, perhaps the introduction directly into the tumor, depending on the severity of the disease and localization. The second type - hormone therapy, is used for tumors whose growth is stimulated by the body's hormones. The third is selective drug therapy, it affects a certain substance in a cancer cell and does not affect healthy ones.

 

NEUROSURGERY IN THE HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

The neurosurgical department is Europe's leading in microsurgical treatment of blood vessels and complex brain tumors. Experts perform 3,200 operations per year. Doctors treat aneurysms and deformities of cerebral vessels, brain and spinal cord tumors, spinal cord canal, perform neurosurgical treatment of epilepsy.

Doctors carry out an operation for the correction of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) - a plexus of the dilated vessels of the brain, the duration of this is several hours. The recovery period depends on the severity of the disease, age and general health status of the patient, lasts on average from one to two months.

To reduce the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, treat dystonia of the cervical vertebrae and severe paralysis, doctors conduct a deep brain stimulation - electrically affect certain areas of the brain, reducing or eliminating symptoms. Duration of the operation is from 5 to 7 hours. After that, the patient stays in the hospital for about 5-7 days. The recovery period is different, on average it takes from two to several weeks.

 

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

The team consists of professionals in various areas, provides each patient with individual care, contributing to the rapid recovery after heart surgery. Increasingly, surgeons use new methods of treatment, preferring minimally invasive interventions to open operations. The “keyhole” technique allows intervention through a keyhole-sized incision, as a result, the recovery period is shortened, after a month the patient returns to normal life. Catheter procedures also reduce the duration of rehabilitation, it is from 1 to 4 days depending on the method. In these operations the heart do not so there is no need to connect to the heart-lung machine, which in turn reduces the load on the body.