The program includes:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- clinical history taking
- review of medical records
- physical examination
- x-ray of the hand
- nursing services
- consultation of related specialists
- consultation of the chief physician and all leading experts
- development of individual treatment plan
- written statement
Required documents
- Medical records
- Photo of the hand
- X-ray of the hand (if available)
Service
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About the department
The Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery at the University Hospital Bonn offers the full range of surgical procedures for correcting defects after accidents, tumors or wounds, as well as all modern aesthetic operations. The department has a special competence in the field of plastic and aesthetic breast surgery, for example, breast augmentation or reduction. The main purpose of the department's clinical practice is the provision of the best therapeutic result and the highest level of safety. There are widely used various imaging devices, which allow to carefully plan the intervention and its possible outcomes. The Chief Physician of the department is PD Dr. med. Klaus-Jürgen Walgenbach.
The service range of the department includes:
- Facial surgery
- Facelift
- Forehead lift
- Blepharoplasty
- Lip plastic surgery
- Nose reshaping
- Ear reshaping
- Wrinkle treatment
- Plastic and aesthetic breast surgery
- Breast augmentation
- Breast reduction
- Plastic and aesthetic surgery of individual parts of the body
- Liposuction
- Abdominoplasty
- Shoulder skin lift
- Thigh lift
- Bodylifting
- Plastic surgery in hyperhidrosis
- Labiaplasty
- Reconstructive surgery
- Reconstructive interventions for the correction of accident consequences
- Reconstructive surgical interventions in the case of oncology (oncoplastic surgery)
- Correction of congenital malformations
- Plastic and aesthetic surgery in men
- Gynecomastia treatment
- Eyelid surgery
- Liposuction
- Wrinkle treatment
- Hand surgery
- Carpal tunnel syndrome treatment
- Cubital tunnel syndrome treatment
- Stenosing tenosynovitis treatment
- Ganglion treatment
- Dupuytren's contracture treatment
- Peripheral nerve surgery
- Other medical services
Curriculum vitae
Education and Professional Career
- Since 2006 Organisation of regular monthly consultations at Harley Street, London.
- Since 2004 Head of the Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery at the University Hospital Bonn.
- Since 2003 Associate Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
- 2001 - 2003 Visiting Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
- 2004 Additional qualifications in Hand Surgery.
- 2002 Habilitation in Plastic Surgery.
- 1997 - 2000 Training for a Medical Specialist in Plastic Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg.
- 1993 - 1994 Research Fellowship (Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship) of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
- 1990 - 1997 Training for Dr. med. in Surgery, Department of General, Abdominal, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Bonn.
- 1984 - 1990 Study of Medicine in Bonn and Pittsburgh, USA.
Scholarships and Awards
- Scholarship of the University of Bonn for the education abroad, residency at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.
- 1989 Feodor Lynen Research Scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (a year and a half), University of Pittsburgh, USA.
- 1993 Scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation within the follow-up program for the participants of the Feodor Lynen Research Scholarship.
- 2001 Report Award of the Association of German Plastic Surgeons.
- 1996 Poster Prize of the Academy of Surgical Research.
- 1991 KCI Medical Award of the German Society for Wound Healing and Wound Treatment (DGfW).
- 1999 Poster Prize of the Association of German Plastic Surgeons (as a Co-Author).
- 1995 Report Prize of the Robert Evy Society, Philadelphia, USA (as a Co-Author).
- 1997 Poster Award of the Working Group on Biomaterials of the German Society of Surgery (CAB), as co-author.
Memberships in Professional Societies
- German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (DGPRÄC, formerly VDPC).
- German Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (VDÄPC).
- Society for Aesthetic Surgery in Germany (GÄCD).
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
- American College of Surgeons (FACS).
- German Society of Surgery.
- Professional Association of German Surgeons.
- European Tissue Engineering Society.
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Photo of the doctor: (c) Universitätsklinikum Bonn
About hospital
According to the authoritative Focus magazine, the University Hospital Bonn ranks among the top ten medical facilities in Germany!
The hospital was opened on January 1, 2001, although in fact it inherits the medical facility, which operated at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bonn. The hospital in Germany combines all the highest standards of modern university medicine of the international level. A highly competent team of experienced physicians, which consists of more than 8,000 employees from various fields, takes care of the patients’ health.
The hospital has 32 specialized departments and 23 institutes, which implement the highest standards of treatment in Germany. On their basis, in addition to the successful clinical activities, the productive research and training of young specialists are carried out. Also, the hospital has 10 intensive care units and more than 30 cutting-edge operating rooms. They are equipped with the advanced surgical, navigation and monitoring systems, which provide sparing and the most effective surgical treatment. The total number of places for hospitalization is 1,250 beds.
The hospital presents all fields of medicine, while many of them are awarded by prestigious German and international certificates. For example, in 2007, the Comprehensive Cancer Center of the hospital became one of the four winners at the nationwide competition among Cancer Centers of Excellence. The research focuses primarily on the clinical genetics and genetic epidemiology, neurology, immunology and infectiology, hepatology and gastroenterology, and diseases of the cardiovascular system. The research findings contribute to the development of new therapeutic methods and overall improvement of treatment in Germany.
The main value for all employees of the hospital in Germany is human health, his individual needs and wishes, therefore, despite the high-tech infrastructure, the focus remains on the human attitude and respect for each patient.
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Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the University Hospital Bonn live in cozy single, double and triple rooms, designed in bright colors. The standard room furnishing includes a comfortable bed with a remote control, a bedside table, a wardrobe, a table and chairs, as well as a TV and a telephone. Each patient room is equipped with an ensuite bathroom with toilet and shower. The hospital also provides enhanced-comfort rooms.
Meals and Menus
The patients of the hospital are offered tasty and balanced three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. Every day each meal features three different menus, including a vegetarian one. If you for some reason do not eat all the food, you will be offered an individual menu. Please inform the medical staff about your dietary preferences prior to the treatment.
Further details
Standard rooms include:
Religion
Christian priests are available for the patients at any time. Representatives of other religions may be requested at any time.
Accompanying person
Your companion may stay with you in your room or at a hotel of your choice during the fixed program.
Hotel
You may stay at the hotel during the outpatient program. Our employees will support you for selecting the best option.
The hospital offers a full range of laboratory tests (general, hormonal, tests for infections, antibodies, tumor markers, etc.), genetic tests, various modifications of ultrasound scans, CT scans, MRI and PET / CT, angiography, myelography, biopsy and other examinations. Treatment with medications, endoscopic and robotic operations, stereotaxic interventions is carried out here, modern types of radiation therapy are also used. The hospital offers patients all the necessary therapeutic techniques.
- Surgical treatment of the brain tumors, tumors of spinal cord and spine
- Replacement of all joints, resection arthroplasty
- Deep brain stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation in patients with epilepsy
- Multimodal complex treatment of Parkinson disease
- Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR)
These are benign and malignant breast pathologies, malignant tumors of various localizations, neuromuscular diseases, stroke, retinal pathologies and various visual impairments, infertility, autoimmune diseases, epilepsy, coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction, leukemia and other pathologies.
- Ophthalmology
- Epileptology
- Reproductive medicine
- Hematology and oncology
- Neurosurgery
Over 8,000 highly qualified doctors and other employees work at the hospital.