Organization - The Clínic's Institute of Nephrology and Urology

The Clinical Institute of Nephrology and Urology of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona is made up of the following services:

Dentro del Servicio de Urología, hay tres secciones diferenciadas: la Sección de Urología Funcional y Reconstructiva, Trasplante Renal y la Unidad Funcional de Oncología Urológica. Además, existen dos Grupos de Trabajo en el área de la Litiasis del aparato urinario y de la andrología.

El Servicio de Nefrología se compone de tres secciones: Nefrología Clínica, encargada de la patología aguda y glomerular; Diálisis; y Trasplante Renal.

And one section:

And two sections:

• Dialysis
• Kidney Transplant

The Institute has 55 hospital beds in two general and intermediate care wards. It also has a Day Hospital, a urological diagnosis unit, a therapeutic apheresis unit, hemodialysis (hospital and outpatient), peritoneal dialysis and a clinical trial unit. The external consultation is unified for the  services and each year attends to more than 33,000 visits.

In the field of health care, the ICNU handles nearly 3,500 hospital discharges each year, more than 2,000 surgeries, which include more than 150 kidney and / or pancreas transplants, 200 robotic surgeries, 23,000 hemodialysis sessions, and 15,000 outpatient peritoneal dialysis sessions