Alfried Krupp Hospital in Essen-Steele - Departments

A team of experienced specialists in the field of general and visceral surgery provides the full range of services in diagnosis and treatment of all the surgical diseases of the abdominal cavity (the whole gastrointestinal tract, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, peritoneum), endocrine organs (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands), abdominal wall hernias (inguinal hernia, umbilical hernia) as well as soft body tissues.

The team of professionals of the Department supports You before, during and after the surgery as well as during Your stay in the Department of Multidisciplinary Intensive Care. The Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Medicine and Pain Therapy II in Essen-Steele, headed by Prof. M.D. Klaus Friedrich Waschke, pays special attention to an individual approach to every patient. Most people feel fear before the surgery and required anesthesia. The goal of the Department is to create the atmosphere, where You will feel comfortable.

The main objective of the Department of Internal Medicine III is an all-round and comprehensive treatment of the patients with all the forms of diseases of internal organs. The patients diagnosed with a few diseases are monitored by the group of doctors with various specializations. The Department of Internal Medicine in Essen-Steele, headed by M.D. Peter Caspar Schulte, offers laboratory diagnosis (24/7), intensive care with all the opportunities for the treatment of acute life-threatening diseases and comprehensive consultation services for the patients and their relatives.

The reconstruction of limb and trunk injuries primarily deals with the closure of soft tissue defects, caused as a result of traumas or tumor masses, including the period of cancer treatment. The various methods are applied upon that.  The soft tissue covering is performed by means of using adjacent tissues, skin grafting or in the course of free tissue transplant.

The Department of Urology and Urologic Oncology of the Alfried Krupp Hospital in Essen-Steele, headed by M.D. Stephan Buse, offers the full range of therapeutic services for the treatment of urologic diseases. The Department carries out the patient care in close collaboration with the therapists and highly-specialized doctors, who appoint the patients to undertake both diagnosis and treatment in the Department of Urology and Urologic Oncology.

The Department of Traumatology and Orthopaedics of the Alfried Krupp Hospital in Essen-Steele is headed by Prof. M.D. Sven Lendemans. The Department receives the patients with acute and post-traumatic degenerative alternations of all motor organs. The Department provides both surgical and conservative treatment. Firstly, the Department specializes in the emergency treatment of traumatic and sports injuries. Secondly, the Department offers surgical treatment of arthrosis of all joints as well as the prosthesis of all large joints under the guidance of the computer navigation system.

The Department of Otolaryngology of the Alfried Krupp Hospital in Essen-Steele, headed by M.D. Shabnam Fahimi-Weber, specializes in minimally invasive surgery, radiofrequency treatment of turbinate, surgery of lachrymal duct obstruction, tonsillectomy, removal of polyps, cyst, laryngeal surgery, plastic and cosmetic surgery of nose, ears, skin, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, related to the breathing disorder, treatment of snoring, middle ear microsurgery, surgery at ENT-organs tumors.