Therapeutic focus

General surgery, joint surgery (especially arthroplasty of the knee and hip), abdominal surgery (visceral surgery including thyroid surgery).

Services

General surgery with trauma and urgent care clinics (sports injuries, work injuries -- including "D-Arztverfahren"), visceral surgery, laparoscopic techniques (gall bladder and biliary ducts, colon, rectum), anti-refulx surgery (diaphragmatic hernia) among others, thyroid surgery, endoprosthetics (hip and knee replacement), minimally invasive surgery, arthroscopy, laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, mediastinoscopy, ambulatory surgery.

Special therapeutic services offered

Ambulatory (outpatient) surgery for suitable patients after previous appointments (see ambulatory consultation), knee arthroscopy, inguinal hernia repair in local anaesthesia (quality controlled).

Arthroscopy: no sutures in arthroscopy. All other wound care via cosmetic intracutaneous suture (single suture).

Laparoscopy: MIC = minimal invasive surgery of the gallbladder and biliary tract, intraoperative radiological survey of the biliary tract (quality controlled). Anti-reflux surgery (acid reflux), diaphragmatic hernia, toupet-technique via MIC.

Hip endoprosthetics: Bone sparing operation, manual production and individual adaptation, cement-free (titanium, porcelain CFP-prosthetic) also cemented or partially cemented, depending on bone substance (all prostheses delivered by Fa. LINK, Hamburg, quality controlled).
Reference: Endoklinik, Hamburg

Knee endoprosthetics: Partial knee replacement and/or stemmed surface replacement, rotational and axial knee especially suited for the instable knee (all prostheses delivered by Fa. LINK, Hamburg, quality controlled).

Thorax: Diagnostic and therapeutic MIC of the thorax, lung and mediastinum.

Appointment request: In emergencies and urgent situations immediate attention is provided (tel. 069/2196-2433), other appointments can be made per telephone (tel. 069/2196-2433, 069/2196-2430).

Waiting time depends upon urgency, when necessary appointments can be made as an outpatient after ambulatory consultation (tel. 069/2196-2433, 069/2196-2430).

Second opinion appointments: can be made by telephone (tel. 069/2196-2433, 069/2196-2430).

Vascular surgery is an independent department within the surgical clinic and is operated in cooperation with the center for vascular and endovascular surgery of the J. W. Goethe University Hospital under the concurrent direction of Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Th. Schmitz-Rixen. This cooperation is made possible by the Frankfurter Klinikallianz. As in the University Hospital, the department operates interdisciplinarily with the departments of Internal Medicine, Surgery and Radiology.

Therapeutic focus

Gentle surgical procedures are performed for all arterial, venous and lymphatic vascular diseases via open, endovascular and endoscopic techniques.

Services offered

• Brain perfusing artery, clavicular and arm artery interventional procedures
• Thoracic and abdominal aortic as well as organ perfusing vessel interventions
• Interventional procedures on the vasculature of the lower extremity extending to the foot
• Removal of vessel blockages and stenoses as well as vascular replacement of aneuryms
• Treatment of chronic wounds with impaired healing via standardized stage-oriented wound management
• Interventional procedures by chronic venous insufficiency, minimally invasive stage-orientated varicosis surgery including consideration of cosmetic aspects
• Lymphatic surgery
• Consultation service for reducing the risks of arteriosclerosis regarding stroke, heart attack and loss of limb
• Noninvasive examination methods via Doppler ultrasound, blood flow measurements with color-coded duplexsonography, treadmill ergometer test, vein examination with color-coded duplexsonography and venoplethysmography
• Visualisation of vasculature via house internal radiology (angiography, phlebography, computer tomography) or in the University Hospital (magnetic resonance tomography)

Special Procedures

• Amputation-avoiding treatment of the vascular diabetic foot syndrome
• Laser surgery
• Minimally invasive endoscopic techniques
• Treatment of inherited vascular malformations
• Dialysis shunt surgery
• Biological reconstruction techniques