Highly Specialized Medicine

Centers entitled to treat relevant MAS diseases are subject to audits of their credentials, activities and results by a central federal body.

Multidisciplinary referral centers

Several scientific studies have shown that the outcomes of some surgeries (defined as Highly Specialized Medicine: MAS) are better when they are performed by highly specialized surgeonsin multidisciplinary referral centers with expensive equipment at their disposal than when they are performed by non-dedicated surgeons in hospitals with small caseloads.

Centers that are entitled to treat relevant MAS diseases are subject to reviews of their credentials, activities, and outcomes by a central federal body.

The EOC, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, has been awarded the following MAS mandates:

  • Treatment of patients with severe trauma (polytrauma).
  • MAS visceral surgery: liver surgery, pancreatic surgery, rectal surgery, bariatric surgery.

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The original version is the page in Italian.