Oulu University Hospital
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Care and Diagnostic Services
Cancer Outpatient Clinic for Women's Diseases
Children's Blood and Cancer Department, Outpatient Clinic and Day Hospital
Children's Gastroenterology Outpatient Clinic
Children's Neurology Outpatient Clinic and Department
Departments 1 and 2 of the Neurocentre
Department of Cancer and Blood Diseases 1
Department of Cancer and Blood Diseases 2
Department of Cancer and Blood Diseases 3
Department of Gynecology Surgery
Department of Pediatric Internal Medicine
Department of Pediatric Surgery
Outpatient Clinic for Dental and Oral Diseases
Outpatient Clinic for Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases
Oulaskanka Ear, Nose and Throat Outpatient Clinic
Neurosurgery Outpatient Clinic
Outpatient Clinic for Cancer and Blood Diseases 1
Outpatient Clinic for Cancer and Blood Disease 2
Outpatient Clinic for Cancer and Blood Disease 3
Pediatric Surgery Outpatient Clinic
Learning Resources
Training: General Medicine Training Calendar and Materials
Content Type: Provides a calendar where professionals can access the available trainings from the regional trainings of the welfare region of Pohjois Ostrobothnia and register.
Target Audience: All doctors working in primary health care.
Access: Information [1].
Training: Postgraduate Education in General Medicine
Content Type: Provides specialist medical training and special training in general medicine (YEK).
Target Audience: Medical graduates.
Access: Information [2].
Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods
Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | Yes | |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | Yes | |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | Yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | Yes | |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | Yes | |
| Technique | MRI-guided biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Stereostatic biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | CT guided biopsis | Yes | |
| Technique | E/S Fine-needle biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) | Yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | Yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | Yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | Yes | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | Yes | |
| Technique | Sentinel node scintigraphy | Yes | |
| Technique | Bone scintigraphy | Yes | |
| Pathology | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Cytology laboratory | Yes | |
| Facility | Histopathology laboratory | Yes | |
| Technique | Cytogenetics | Yes |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | Yes | 250 |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Neurosurgery | Yes | 1,700 |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Soft tissue surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Orthopaedic surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Paediatric surgery | Yes | 5,000 |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Spinal decompression surgery for vertebral metastases | Yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | Yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | Yes | |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) | Yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | Yes | |
| Technique | Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) | Yes | |
| Technique | CT planning | Yes | |
| Technique | Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning | Yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Bone marrow / stem cell bank | Yes | |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | Yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | Yes | |
| Specialist | Neurologist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Psychiatrist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Social worker | Yes | |
| Specialist | Spiritual care | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | Yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | Yes |
Prevention
| Screening and Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Breast cancer screening program | Yes |
Quality of Life
| Quality of Life | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Survivorship program | Yes |
Palliative Care
| Palliative Care | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) | Yes | |
| Facility | Home palliative care availability | Yes |
Service: Parenting Support
Content Type: Provides complete support to families with children in which one of the parents has cancer. It helps to plan how to communicate with the children about the disease, builds a support net, offers home services, and manages other family occurrences.
Target Audience: Families with children in which one of the parents has cancer.
Access: Information [3].
Service: Psychological Support
Content Type: The hospital provides access to the psychiatric outpatient clinic to discuss psychological issues caused by the cancer occurrence and its treatment.
Target Audience: Oncologic patients.
Access: Information [4].
Service: Rehabilitation Instructor
Content Type: Provides support for patients regarding the continuation or return to everyday activities.
Target Audience: Oncological patients.
Access: Information [5].
Service: Sexual Counseling (Oulu University Hospital)
Content Type: Provides therapeutic help by a trained sexual counselor who discusses with the patients problems related to their sexual life caused by the cancer and its treatment. It requires a doctor's referral.
Target Audience: Oncologic patients.
Access: Information [6].
