General and Visceral Surgery
"Welcome to the Division of General and Visceral Surgery here at the University Medical Center Freiburg. Our medical team consists of 45 physicians and 150 nurses along with our administrative employees. Our department attends to patients with a variety of diseases, injuries and developmental defects of the abdominal organs and the endocrine glands. Operations are performed on an in and out-patient basis, with the examination of approximately 10,500 patients on an annual basis. Many of the operations are performed with the newest minimally invasive techniques. In the more serious post-operative cases, the course is monitored in a highly specialized surgical intensive care unit."
Ulrich Hopt
Medical Director, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.
Our department is specialized in the surgical therapy of cancer of the oesophagus, of the stomach and of the small as well as large bowel. We have special expertise in surgery of the liver, bile ducts and the pancreas. Patients with metastases in the liver or primary tumours in the liver and the pancreas will be treated with a variety of different highly complex therapeutic procedures. The operation theatres are equipped with the most advanced technical facilities. Thus, many of the operations are performed by minimal invasive or laparoscopic techniques.
Even patients, who have been classified elsewhere as incurable might be helped and enjoy a longer life. Therefore, our department is regarded as an outstanding centre for surgical therapy of hepato-, biliary and pancreatic diseases worldwide. Operative therapy of hernias of the groin and the abdominal wall with a variety of different meshes and surgical therapy of the thyroid and parathyroid are also performed in our department.
Many famous specialists work together in order to achieve the best possible results for our patients. We work very hard that every patient feels comfortable and safe in our department. Should you face any future medical problems, a group of highly qualified specialists and the latest medical technologies are at you disposal here at the University Medical Centre Freiburg.
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