The program includes:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- clinical history taking
- review of medical records
- physical examination
- laboratory test:
- lipid profile
- Fasting glucose and HbA1c
- thyroid function test
- BMI calculation
- ultrasound of the abdomen
- 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
Service
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About the department
The Department of Adult and Pediatric Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hand Surgery at the University Hospital Freiburg offers the full range of modern surgical techniques to restore and improve aesthetic appearance of the body shape after injuries, diseases and in congenital anomalies. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Björn Stark.
The doctors of the department have vast experience and regularly demonstrate excellent treatment results in various fields of plastic surgery: reconstructive surgery, hand surgery, breast surgery, burn surgery and aesthetic surgery. The versatility of modern technologies and microsurgical methods allows providing the optimal solution to problems of any degree of complexity.
The service range of the department includes:
Aesthetic surgery
- Breast augmentation (including with implants)
- Breast reduction
- Male breast reduction (in gynecomastia)
- Breast lift
- Liposuction
- Abdominoplasty
- Upper thigh lift surgery
- Upper arm lift
- Upper and lower eyelid correction
- Nose reshaping
- SMAS facelift surgery
- Forehead lift (endoscopic)
- Midface lift (endoscopic)
- Chin augmentation with osteotomy
- Earlobe reshaping
- Correction of protruding ears
- Wrinkle treatment with autologous fat injections (lipofilling)
- Lip lift
- Laser facial dermabrasion
- Sweat gland removal surgery
- Other aesthetic services
Hand surgery
- Emergency medical care (around the clock), for example, in case of accidents
- Conservative treatment methods (for example, the very latest injection therapy with Xiapex© collagenase in Dupuytren's contracture)
- Surgical treatment methods (operations are performed mostly on an outpatient basis)
- Treatment of children with congenital hand defects (for example, syndactyly, thumb duplication)
- Hand and finger joint arthroplasty
- Postoperative care with the use of ergotherapy, lymphatic drainage, massage, etc.
- Other services
Surgery for injuries of peripheral and spinal nerves, pinched nerves and neoplasms
- Surgical treatment of compression syndromes (also with endoscopic methods)
- Tumor removal
- Neurolysis (freeing of a nerve from pinching scar tissue)
- Interventions to treat any lesions of the peripheral nervous system
- Surgery for injuries of the brachial plexus and lumbosacral plexus
- Tendon and muscle transfer
- Reconstructive interventions in facial paralysis
- Other services
Reconstructive surgery
- Treatment of vascular malformations (for example, hemangiomas)
- Body contouring surgery, for example, after bariatric surgery
- Body lift
- Abdominoplasty
- Upper thigh lift
- Upper arm lift
- Breast lift
- Other services
- Correction of ear malformations (for example, protruding ears, absent external ear)
- Otoplasty (ear reshaping)
- Reconstructive interventions in microtia
- Treatment of facial paralysis
- Facial nerve reconstruction (primary facial nerve suture)
- Facial nerve reconstruction using interponate (secondary facial nerve suture)
- Hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis
- Cross-facial nerve grafting (CFNG)
- Neuromuscular transposition
- Static methods in facial nerve paralysis
- Other treatments
- Plastic reconstructive interventions in cancers
- Full range of surgical interventions in soft tissue sarcomas and skin tumors
- Reconstructive microsurgical interventions
- Other medical services
Plastic surgery in children and adolescents (correction of various congenital and acquired defects)
- Removal of hemangiomas (planning therapy within an interdisciplinary case conference)
- Removal of birthmarks (nevi)
- Treatment of burns in children
- Scar revision
- Correction of congenital thoracic/chest wall deformities
- Correction of congenital hand deformities
- Otoplasty
- Reconstruction of ear defects
- Nerve injury (especially facial nerve injury) repair
- Profile correction
- Treatment of gynecomastia
- Other therapeutic options
Curriculum vitae
- 1976 - 1982 Study of Medicine at the University of Freiburg, Degree of Doctor of Medicine.
- 1982 - 1990 Board Certification in Surgery and Habilitation at the University of Bonn.
- 1985 - 1986 Research Fellowship, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
- 1989 - 1990 Residency in Plastic Surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA.
- 1990 - 1993 Attending Physician of the Department for Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Center for Severe Burns Cologne.
- 1994 Head of the Adult and Pediatric Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hand Surgery at the University Hospital Freiburg.
- Since 1998 Medical Director.
- Since 2002 Full Professorship (C4).
Research Focuses
- Reconstructive microsurgery.
- Tissue regeneration und tissue engineering.
- Aesthetic surgery.
Photo of the doctor: (с) Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
About hospital
The University Hospital Freiburg is famous for its rich history and is one of the oldest and most prestigious medical facilities in Germany (one of the three best medical institutions in the country). The hospital was based on the Faculty of Medicine of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, which celebrated its 550th anniversary in 2007. It should be noted that the hospital is proud of its world-renowned specialists, many of whom during their work here have become Nobel laureates.
The medical facility represents all fields of modern medicine. It consists of 42 departments, 11 institutes and 10 interdisciplinary centers. The highly qualified doctors of the hospital deal with the treatment and rehabilitation of patients with both common and rare diseases. All departments and institutes of the hospital take an active part in fundamental researches of international scale, due to which patients have access to the very latest achievements of medicine, advanced diagnostic methods, state-of-the-art medical equipment and proven effective methods of therapy.
The hospital has a variety of medical achievements, for example, the world's first TIPS procedure, the first implantation of the Jarvik-2000 artificial heart in Europe, the first robotic-assisted surgery on the brain, and the first combined cardiopulmonary transplantation in the land of Baden-Württemberg. In 2004, the University Hospital Freiburg became the first German hospital, which performed kidney transplantation in the incompatibility of blood groups. At the moment, the hospital belongs to medical centers with the greatest experience in performing such an operation.
An interdisciplinary approach to treatment, highly qualified staff, as well as individual patient care and a pleasant environment are key to the hospital’s success.
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Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the hospital are provided with comfortable rooms with a pleasant design, which create a conducive atmosphere for recovery. The standard furnishing of the patient room includes a telephone, a free radio and TV, a device for calling medical staff, lockers and a safe, an adjustable bed, a chair and a table. The pediatric departments are designed with play areas. The patient may be accommodated in a single or double enhanced-comfort room (for example, with an ensuite bathroom) at an additional cost.
Meals and Menus
The patients are offered good three meals a day with a large selection of dishes. The patients inform about their wishes to the menu in advance, and this information is transmitted to the kitchen. Throughout the day, patients may drink mineral water and tea, which can be found in the department on special tables. The bedridden patients receive drinks from the nursing staff. Other drinks may be purchased at the hospital’s cafeterias and bistro, where patients can come along with visitors.
If you do not eat some products due to intolerance or other personal reasons, please notify the nursing staff in advance, so that all your wishes to be taken into account when preparing the menu.
Further details
Standard rooms include:
Television
All patient rooms have a free radio and TV. The patients can also watch the hospital’s own 24-hour channel with a varied program and interesting information.
Accompanying person
At the availability of free beds, the accompanying person may be accommodated in the same room with the patient, at an additional cost. In addition, the hospital offers special accommodation conditions for patients requiring long-term hospitalization. Parents have at their disposal special apartments in the children's hospital.