What does Endocrine Surgery include?

The human body has several endocrine glands, which, thanks to the hormones they secrete into the blood, regulate many important functions of the body. Traditionally, the object of endocrine surgery is the diseases of the extracranial endocrine glands, namely: 

• Thyroid and parathyroid glands
• Thymus gland
• Pancreas gland
  
• Adrenal glands
  
• The internal genitalia

Surgeries that take place in our Unit

• Parathyroidectomy
• Thyroidectomy
• Radical Lymphadenectomy
• Laparoscopic adrenalectomy

Information about your hospitalisation

Admission to St. Luke's Hospital

Your admission to the Hospital takes place the day before the scheduled surgery from 7.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.

Upon arrival at the Hospital, you must go to the Patient Admission Office which is located on the ground floor (2nd floor) of the main building.

You should have with you the following documents:

• The note of admission to the Hospital
• The booklet of your insurance fund
• Your identity card
• If there is coverage by a Private Insurance Company, the hospitalisation card or other proof of your insurance policy

Preoperative control

After the patient's consent procedure, the preoperative checkup follows. The aim of the preoperative checkup is: 

• To reduce the risk of complications during surgery and of anaesthesia administration.
• To make the patient functional as soon as possible.

The anaesthesiology assessment is made in the afternoon of the same day. 

Day of surgery

On the day of surgery, the patient is properly prepared for his transfer to the operating room and is given the prescribed pre-sedation. After surgery, he remains under close monitoring in the Increased Care Unit for about an hour. Then he is transferred to his room. The surgeon and his colleagues visit the patient at least twice a day during his stay in the Hospital.

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Discharge from St. Luke's Hospital

On the discharge day, the doctor changes the surgical wound and all documents necessary for the discharge are prepared. The file is then given to the Patients' Secretariat (ground floor of the main building) where the financial matters and medical fees are arranged.

Along with the discharge, the patient receives the following documents:

• Copy of the test results
• All X-rays performed at the Hospital
  
• A document from the management of the laboratory for receiving the results of the biopsy.
  
• Sick leave
• Copy of the medical procedure (optional)
  

Postoperative visit

One week after surgery, you make an appointment to monitor the postoperative course, remove the suture and clarify any questions that may arise regarding the biopsy of the removed gland etc. The continuation of the monitoring and possible treatment is done by the endocrinologist or pathologist treating the patient.