Offer
In healthy people, the kidneys filter the metabolic products from the blood. This produces urine, which is excreted via the bladder. If a person's own kidneys are insufficient or no longer able to do this, various treatment options are available, including dialysis treatment and kidney transplantation.
Dialysis
In healthy people, the kidneys filter the metabolic products from the blood. Urine is produced, which is excreted via the bladder. If the kidneys are no longer able to do this, the blood must be purified artificially. There are two kidney replacement procedures for this.
Hemodialysis
In hemodialysis, the blood is mechanically purified outside the body using a special filter.
Peritoneal dialysis / CAPD
This form of dialysis is technically known as peritoneal dialysis. In this case, the blood is purified through the peritoneum, which is well supplied with blood, without an artificial filter.
Further information on peritoneal dialysis can be found in the file below.
Consultation hours / referrals
Nephrology consultations and inpatient treatment
In the outpatient consultation, newly discovered kidney diseases are clarified in detail and treatment suggestions are made for the treating GPs. Patients with impaired kidney function are also treated in this consultation. This treatment is usually carried out in collaboration with the GPs.
If there is a progressive deterioration in kidney function and renal replacement therapy becomes necessary, preparations are also made in this consultation for one of the possible renal replacement therapies (transplantation, abdominal dialysis or hemodialysis). In the inpatient area, we also deal with the detection and treatment of chronic and acute kidney diseases.
Registration is possible from Monday to Friday between 8.00 - 12.15 and 13.15 - 17.00.
Phone +41 61 265 44 16
Private consultation
Registration from 8.00 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 17.00
Tel. +41 61 265 44 04 or
Tel. +41 61 265 44 07.
Home dialysis & center hemodialysis
Patients who cannot undergo a transplant can undergo abdominal or hemodialysis as a kidney replacement procedure. In the case of abdominal dialysis, patients are followed up approximately once a month in the CAPD consultation hour if things go well. For hemodialysis, patients usually have to come to the hospital three times a week for three to four hours.
Registration and referral for hemodialysis
Phone +41 61 265 44 31
Registration and referral for home dialysis (abdominal dialysis & home hemodialysis)
Tel. +41 61 265 44 01
Registration and referral to Bethesda dialysis unit
Phone +41 61 315 20 26
Transplant consultation hours
(including inpatient care for kidney transplant patients)
Not only the clarifications before a possible transplant, but also the immediate post-operative care of kidney transplant patients is carried out by our department.
We take special care of the medication required to ensure that a new organ is not rejected. We are supported by our surgical colleagues who take care of wound healing and any complications of the draining urinary tract.
All kidney transplant patients require lifelong medical care. This takes place in the transplant consultation hours. All patients who have undergone a transplant in Basel are followed up here for the first 6 months. During this time, we try to work out an optimal treatment regimen for each patient individually. If there are no complications, patients who do not come from our region can continue to be cared for by their referring nephrologist.
Registration is possible from Mon-Fri between 8.00 - 11.00 and 12.15 - 17.00.
Phone +41 61 265 44 19
Nephrology and gynecology consultation
This consultation provides gynecological and nephrological care for patients suffering from kidney disease or newly discovered kidney disease during and shortly after pregnancy.
Registration is possible from Mon-Fri between 8.00 - 12.15 and 13.15 - 17.00.
Tel. +41 61 265 44 16
Emergencies
The medical and dialysis on-call service is available 24 hours a day for emergencies involving kidney disease or kidney transplant patients via the Basel University Hospital control center.
Tel. +41 61 265 25 25 (switchboard)
Nierensteine verstehen – Neubildung verhindern
Ihre Nierensteinsprechstunde für präzise Diagnostik und nachhaltige Nachsorge
Hatten Sie bereits eine Nierenkolik? Diese sind äusserst schmerzhaft, ein Rückfall ist keine Seltenheit und das Wohlbefinden ist dabei massiv eingeschränkt. Möglicherweise wurde bei Ihnen auch ein Stein operativ entfernt.
Es gibt verschiedene Arten von Nierensteinen mit spezifischen Entstehungsmechanismen. In unserer Nierensteinsprechstunde konzentrieren wir uns nicht auf das akute Ereignis (Nierensteinkolik), sondern auf das «Warum»: wir finden heraus, warum ihr Stoffwechsel Nierensteine bildet, und helfen Ihnen, die Entstehung von Nierensteinen und Nierenkoliken zu verhindern.
Die erfolgreiche Behandlung von Nierensteinen erfordert eine spezialisierte Abklärung zur Ursachenforschung und eine individuelle Beratung für eine effektive Rückfallprävention (Metaphylaxe). Meist ist dabei eine enge Zusammenarbeit mit der Urologie, Radiologie und Ernährungsberatung notwendig, um der Ursache auf den Grund zu gehen.
Warum zu uns?
- Die Ursachen finden: wir suchen mittels einer breitangelegten und strukturieren metabolischen Abklärung des Blutes und des 24h-Sammelurins die Ursache der Nierensteine. Gegebenenfalls sind auch weitere Untersuchungen wie Bildgebung oder Genetik notwendig.
- Ihr individueller Plan: wir erstellen einen Plan für individuelle Präventionsmassnahmen, beraten Sie in der Ernährungsoptimierung und schlagen allenfalls eine medikamentöse Behandlung vor.
- Ihr langfristiger Schutz: unser Ziel ist es, die Bildung neuer Steine effektiv zu verhindern.
Wann sollten Sie einen Termin mit uns vereinbaren?
- Wenn Sie wiederholt Nierensteine hatten.
- Wenn Sie bereits als Kind/Jugendliche(r) Nierensteine entwickelt haben
- Wenn eine familiäre Belastung bekannt ist
- Wenn Begleiterkrankungen (wie zum Beispiel chronische Darmerkrankung oder ein Zustand nach Darmoperation, eingeschränkte Nierenfunktion, metabolisches Syndrom, rezidivieren Harninfektionen) bestehen.
Jetzt einen Termin anfragen:
- Die Anmeldung kann über eine Zuweisung durch ihren Hausarzt oder Spezialisten erfolgen, unter Nephro-Basel@usb.ch oder Tel +41 61/265 44 07
Kidney transplant
The Kidney Transplant Center at the USB performs between 60 and 90 kidney transplants per year. Around half of the kidneys transplanted are from living donors, while the other half come from deceased donors.
The Kidney Transplant Center brings together experts from various specialist areas who work closely together (vascular and transplant surgery, urology, angiology, intensive care medicine, pathology, Institute for Medical Microbiology, HLA diagnostics & immunogenetics, transplant immunology & nephrology).
Our kidney transplant center has extensive expertise in complex immunological kidney transplants. Since 2005, this has included over 100 transplants across blood group boundaries as well as many transplants in the presence of donor-specific antibodies.
Information material for patients and referring physicians
Useful travel tips
Travel guide
Guide for everyday life and leisure
My new life after an organ transplant
Swiss living donor register
https://www.sol-dhr.ch/
Topic kidney failure
Living with kidney failure, which therapy should I choose?
Referenzzentrum für seltene Nierenkrankheiten im Kindes- und Erwachsenenalter (REN Basel)