About the Department of Adult and Pediatric Vascular, Endovascular Surgery at University Hospital Essen
The Department of Adult and Pediatric Vascular, Endovascular Surgery at the University Hospital Essen offers the full range of surgical treatment of arterial and venous diseases, including vascular anomalies. The specialization includes the treatment of diseases of the aorta, carotid artery, circulatory disorders in the lower extremities, as well as venous surgery, the formation of dialysis access in adults and children, specialized treatment of chronic wounds. The department's doctors have in their arsenal the modern and effective treatment methods, which allow to achieve positive results even in particularly difficult clinical cases. The department is headed by Dr. med. Martin Lainka.
The department cooperates closely with all related disciplines of the hospital, which allows the doctor to provide each patient with a comprehensive, differentiated treatment based on individual clinical indications. The department's doctors carry out all standard diagnostic procedures, for example, CT, MRI, digital subtraction angiography, CO2-angiography, non-contrast and contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the vessels. The range is also complemented by all modern surgical and minimally invasive methods, such as shunting, stent implantation, balloon dilatation, and catheter techniques.
The main clinical focuses of the department include:
- Diagnostics and treatment of carotid stenosis and other brain supplying arteries
- Surgical and interventional techniques as part of the interdisciplinary therapy
- Diagnostics and treatment of acute and chronic circulatory disorders
- Circulatory disorders of the extremities
- Surgical techniques (shunting, flap plastic surgery, hybrid interventions) and interventional techniques (stent implantation, balloon dilatation, rotational thrombectomy)
- Intestinal circulatory disorders
- Surgical techniques
- Interventional techniques
- Circulatory disorders of the extremities
- Endovascular (TEVAR, EVAR) and open treatment methods of aneurysms, ruptures of the thoracic and abdominal aorta (in close cooperation with the Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery)
- Special endovascular procedures (chimney-graft technique), as well as the implantation of fenestrated and special prostheses (fEVAR, bEVAR)
- Reconstruction of the iliac artery (surgical, minimally invasive and hybrid techniques)
- Surgical and minimally invasive treatment of limb artery aneurysms
- Comprehensive interdisciplinary treatment of diabetic foot syndrome, including surgical and minimally invasive vascular therapy
- Shunting in adults and children, as well as dialysis catheterization (for example, using Demers catheter) and hybrid prosthesis implantation
- Diagnostics and treatment of vascular malformations, vascular tumors
- Diagnostics and treatment of varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency, especially in recurrent types of diseases
- Surgical and interventional therapy for pelvic and lower extremity vein thrombosis
- Specialized treatment of wounds in arterial, venous and diabetic ulcers (within the certified center)
- Other medical services
Photo of the doctor: (c) Universitätsklinikum Essen