Duodenal Cancer — Surgical Complete Resection: treatment in the Best Hospitals in the World
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Department of General, Abdominal Surgery and Surgical Oncology
The Department of General, Abdominal Surgery and Surgical Oncology offers the full range of services in these medical fields. Whenever possible, operations are performed using minimally invasive techniques, which are the gold standard of modern surgery. The outstanding quality of medical care is confirmed by numerous prestigious certificates, including certificates from the German Cancer Society, the German Hernia Society, etc. In addition, the department provides innovative hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), which is available only in the most progressive clinics in Europe.
Department of General and Abdominal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Hernia Surgery and Bariatric Surgery
The Department of General and Abdominal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Hernia Surgery and Bariatric Surgery provides the full range of surgical treatment in its field of competence. The department's highly qualified surgeons annually perform about 2,000 surgical interventions. Extensive clinical experience allows the specialists to perform even particularly complex operations. The department’s advanced operating rooms serve for surgery to treat gastrointestinal diseases, liver, gallbladder, bile duct, pancreatic, rectal, anal and colon pathologies. The medical facility also successfully performs operations to treat hernias: inguinal, umbilical, and anterior abdominal wall hernias. In addition, the department's doctors deal with the surgical treatment of morbid obesity. Minor traumatic laparoscopic interventions are considered the gold standard, which guarantee a patient minimal risks and rapid postoperative restoration. Surgeons tell the patient in detail about their upcoming treatment and, in every possible way, support them in their recovery.
Department of General and Abdominal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Endocrine Surgery and Hernia Surgery
The Department of General and Abdominal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Endocrine Surgery and Hernia Surgery offers the full range of modern surgical interventions in the areas of its specialization. Every year, the medical facility performs more than 2,500 surgical interventions on an inpatient and outpatient basis. The department has vast clinical experience in the field of minimally invasive surgery, which allows the patient to avoid severe pain and prolonged hospitalization. In addition, the department offers robotic surgery using the most modern models of the da Vinci surgical system. The medical facility has the status of the Reference Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Hernia Surgery. Surgical treatment of cancer is one of the department's clinical priority focuses. A large number of da Vinci robot-assisted interventions are performed here for gastrointestinal cancers. The department holds a leading position in the use of the da Vinci surgical system in the treatment of rectal and sigmoid cancer patients. The operating rooms of the medical facility are equipped with the very latest technology, while hygiene and safety standards are at the highest level as well. Prior to surgery, the patient undergoes a comprehensive examination. Doctors also assess the risks of the upcoming operation and its expected results. With appropriate clinical indications, preference is always given to minimally invasive surgery.
Duodenal cancer is a serious oncopathology with unfavorable prognosis. It is quite rarely diagnosed and amounts only 2% in the structure of oncological diseases. Even if detected at the initial stages, the possibility of a complete cure of the disease is far from the highest because duodenal cancer metastasizes early and develops rapidly.
Symptoms and diagnostics
The disease has the following symptoms:
- yellow skin and enlarged liver, which occur due to the bile duct compression (bile can not enter the intestine, therefore it flows into the bloodstream);
- pain due to the mechanical pressure of the tumor and the infiltration of nearby organs;
- vomiting after eating with an admixture of bile and blood, which is the result of small bowel obstruction;
- intoxication symptoms, such as weakness, high body temperature, weight loss, etc.
The tumor is easily detected using X-ray examination or fibrogastroduodenoscopy. Its origin is confirmed by performing a biopsy. A fragment of the tumor is sent for a histological examination. CT or MRI serve to obtain clarifying information (stage of duodenal cancer, type of tumor blood supply, specificities of its location, resectability, etc.).
Treatment
The basis of duodenal cancer treatment is a surgical intervention. Depending on the tumor location, its size, the presence of metastases, it can be performed with different accesses.
If you are going to undergo treatment abroad, then you should know that doctors with a high probability will give preference to the following minimally invasive operations:
- endoscopic tumor resection, which is carried out with the access through the oral cavity;
- laparoscopic surgery, which involves the removal of the tumor through minimal incisions in the anterior abdominal wall.
However, such interventions are possible only at the initial stage of the disease. Open surgeries with laparotomy access are more common. Duodenal cancer is treated using total resection, which means that the organ will be removed totally. At the same time, the following organs can be removed as well:
- lymph nodes;
- head of the pancreas;
- part of the liver;
- stomach;
- small intestine, etc.
The surgery is followed by a course of chemotherapy. To destroy the remaining tumor cells, radiation therapy can also be used. The treatment of cancer using these methods reduces the risk of recurrence.
Treatment abroad
If you want, you can undergo treatment abroad. Medical tourism gives a person a lot of options to restore health. After all, it allows him to go to a country with a well developed medicine. Although, the treatment costs may be higher but the treatment results are often better as well.
Many patients prefer Germany. The cost of treatment is not low here. For example, the treatment of duodenal cancer using the total resection costs no less than 20 thousand euros. But, despite the higher treatment costs, a person receives a number of advantages:
- high-precision diagnostics;
- high-quality operations performed by professionals;
- minimally invasive treatment with a short recovery period, if possible;
- high chances for a complete cure of duodenal cancer (in the case of timely diagnostics);
- effective cancer treatment using innovative techniques;
- low probability of complications;
- full rehabilitation after surgery.
Organization of cancer treatment abroad
If the cost of treatment does not stop you and you want to go to Germany, the Booking Health company is ready to arrange this trip for you. We provide the following services and benefits:
- selection of the hospital, which achieves the best success in the treatment of this cancer;
- reduced treatment costs, as we agree with the hospital about the absence of coefficients for foreign patients;
- communication with your attending physician;
- preparation of the treatment program taking into account the results of previous examinations;
- booking the appointment on the convenient date for you;
- buying and forwarding of medicines;
- monitoring of the treatment program at all its stages;
- control of invoices and return of unspent funds;
- high-level service: booking of hotel and airline tickets, transfer from the airport.
Thus, thanks to the Booking Health company, the cost of treatment will be lower. You will receive an interpreter and a full package of services. We will take care of all the organizational issues and you will be able to fully concentrate on the restoration of your health.
