The program includes:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- clinical history taking
- review of medical records
- physical examination
- dermatological skin examination
- laboratory tests:
- complete blood count
- biochemical analysis of blood
- blood sugar
- TSH, fT3, fT4
- microbiological tests of infected fluid
- preoperative care
- radical top skin layer removal with plastic reconstruction
- symptomatic treatment
- control examinations
- the cost of essential medicines and materials
- nursing services
- full hospital accommodation
- explanation of future recommendations
Required documents
- Medical records
Service
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About the department
The Department of Adult and Pediatric Plastic, Reconstructive Surgery at the Charite University Hospital Berlin offers all modern surgical interventions, which help to repair skin and soft tissue injuries after burns, traumas or cancers. The special focus is on microsurgical reconstructive techniques. The department's surgeons have a perfect command of all the classic and innovative surgical techniques. The primary goal in the treatment of each patient is the complete elimination of particular defect with the preservation of functionality and the provision of the best aesthetic result. The department is headed by PD Dr. med. Christian Witzel.
The main clinical focuses of the department include:
- Breast reconstruction surgery
- Microsurgical reconstruction using the patient's own tissues
- DIEP flap surgery (blood supply to the transplanted skin through vessels from the basin of the inferior epigastric arteries)
- I-GAP/S-GAP flap surgery (blood supply to the transplanted skin through vessels from the basin of the inferior/superior gluteal artery)
- TMG flap surgery
- Breast reconstruction using implants
- Reconstruction after prophylactic removal of the mammary gland
- Microsurgical reconstruction using the patient's own tissues
- Breast surgery
- Tuberous breast surgery
- Breast reduction
- Breast augmentation
- Breast asymmetry correction
- Breast lift
- Gynecomastia correction
- Skin tightening operations (all body parts)
- Plastic interventions for the correction of defects after accidents, cancers and chronic wounds
- Local flap surgery
- Pedicle graft surgery
- Microvascular free flap surgery
- Perforator flap surgery
- Functional flap surgery
- Reconstructive surgery in chronic sternal wound and bedsores
- Interventions for primary (congenital) and secondary (acquired) lymphedema
- Reconstructive surgery after the removal of soft tissue sarcomas
- Plastic reconstructive hand surgery, including in congenital hand defects in childrens
- Reconstructive surgery of the lower limbs (for example, in circulatory disorders)
- Other surgical options
Photo of the doctor: (c) Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
About hospital
According to the authoritative Focus magazine, the Charite University Hospital Berlin occupies the first place in the rating of the top German medical facilities!
The hospital in Germany provides modern diagnostics and treatment of patients, as well as the training of practicing physicians and scientists. More than half of all German Nobel Prize winners in the field of medicine and physiology, such as Emil von Behring, Robert Koch and Paul Ehrlich, trained and worked in the hospital. The structure of the medical complex includes over 100 specialized departments and institutes, which allows the doctors to guarantee their patients' services in all the existing medical fields. The hospital in Germany has outstanding experience in treating particularly complex clinical cases.
The hospital annually diagnoses and treats more than 152,693 inpatients and about 692,920 outpatients. It also has a huge medical team consisting of 4,225 scientists and doctors and and more than 4,500 nursing staff members who provide top-class medical treatment in Germany. The key task for all specialists of the medical facility is restoring the patient's health or preserving in critical cases. At the same time, the hospital offers a friendly atmosphere, and each patient feels care, respect and sympathy.
The excellent technical medical equipment, highly skilled personnel, availability of innovative diagnostic and treatment techniques, and high ethical standards form a solid foundation for successful clinical and scientific activities. Thus, the hospital is a leading provider of high-quality treatment in Germany.
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Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the Charite University Hospital Berlin live in comfortable rooms made of modern design. Each room is equipped with an ensuite bathroom with a toilet and a shower. The standard room furnishing includes an automatically adjustable bed, a bedside table, a wardrobe for storing clothes, a table and chairs for receiving visitors, and a TV. If desired, Wi-Fi access can be provided. The hospital also offers enhanced-comfort rooms.
Meals and Menus
The patient and his accompanying person have a daily choice of three menus. If for any reason, you do not like the food, you will be offered an individual menu. Please inform the medical staff about your dietary preferences before the treatment.
Further details
Standard rooms include:
Religion
Religious services are available upon request.
Accompanying person
During the inpatient program, an accompanying person may stay with you in a patient room or at the hotel of your choice.
Hotel
During the outpatient program, you can live at a hotel of your choice. Managers will help you to choose the most suitable options.
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.
- Proton therapy
- CyberKnife treatment
- Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)
- PSMA therapy with Lutetium-177
- Joint replacement in adults and children
These are oncological diseases, benign neoplasms of the brain and spinal cord, heart valve defects, diabetes mellitus and its complications, joint diseases and other pathologies.
- Neurosurgery
- Oncology
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery
- Interventional radiology
- Proton therapy (Proton Therapy Center BerlinProtonen)
The medical team includes more than 4,225 highly qualified scientists and doctors.