Essen University Hospital: Department of General Surgery

The department focuses on hepatobiliary surgery:

• Treatment of primary liver tumors, metastases and tumors of the biliary tract;
• Liver transplant.

Surgical treatment of tumors of all organs of the gastrointestinal tract and endocrine surgery of the thyroid gland and parathyroid glands are performed here.

Minimal intervention surgery

In the field of minimally invasive surgery, the German Clinic Essen is equipped with innovative technology and has many years of experience. Every day, the department conducts:

• Laparoscopic liver resection;
• Removal of the gallbladder;
• Surgical treatment of reflux disease;
• Colon surgery.

Organ transplant

The leading clinical and scientific area at the international level is transplant surgery, especially liver transplantation. The department performs:

• liver transplant;
• Split liver transplantation (LTP);
• Organ transplant from a living donor.

In the German hospital Essen, in addition to the liver, two other vital organs are transplanted:

• Kidneys;
• Pancreas.

The specialty here is the living kidney donation and the Cross-over program. Thanks to the intensive care unit, transplant patients always successfully end the postoperative period.