The program includes:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- clinical history taking
- review of medical records
- physical examination
- urological examination
- laboratory tests:
- complete blood count
- clinical urine test
- biochemical blood analysis
- kidney function test
- inflammation indicators (CRP, ESR)
- indicators of blood coagulation
- pelvic ultrasound
- 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
- Penis photo
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About the department
The Department of Pediatric Surgery at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf offers the full range of surgical treatment of children, including general and abdominal surgery, thoracic surgery, pediatric urology and pediatric traumatology in newborns, children and adolescents. In addition, the department's specialization covers plastic surgery in children, hand surgery and surgical treatment of burns. The Chief Physician of the department is Prof. Dr. med. Konrad Reinshagen.
The department's surgeons have a perfect command of all modern techniques in open surgery, minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopy, thoracoscopy and robot-assisted surgery in children. With more than 4,000 surgeries annually, the department is one of the largest pediatric surgical medical facilities in Germany.
The department has 148 beds, 6 beds in the Intensive Care Unit, 6 beds in the Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit. Three modern operating rooms are available for the most effective surgical treatment. The department's doctors are highly qualified experts in the treatment of very complex and rare pathologies in children of different age groups. In addition, the department annually treats about 10,000 newborns, because its medical staff has unique experience in neonatal surgery.
The therapeutic range of the department includes:
- Surgery for newborns and premature babies
- Diaphragmatic hernia (including therapy using ECMO)
- Esophageal atresia
- Duodenal atresia
- Small bowel atresia
- Intestinal duplication
- Intestinal malrotation
- Meconium ileus
- Necrotizing enterocolitis
- Gastroschisis/omphalocele (abdominal wall plastic surgery)
- Biliary atresia (Kasai procedure)
- Anal atresia and anorectal malformations
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Colorectal surgery
- Anal atresia and anorectal malformations
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Short bowel syndrome
- Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease)
- Chronic abdominal pain
- Pediatric urology
- Epispadias
- Bladder exstrophy
- Urethral stricture (pyeloplasty using Anderson-Hynes technique)
- Vesicoureteral reflux
- Cloacal anomalies (urogenital sinus)
- Prune belly syndrome
- Abnormal testicular position
- General surgery
- Medial/lateral cyst of the neck
- Abdominal wall hernia and umbilical hernia
- Urachus, vitelline duct
- Achalasia cardia
- Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
- Intestinal invagination
- Appendicitis
- Meckel's diverticulum
- Fundoplication surgery
- Cholecystectomy
- Intermediate splenectomy
- Liver cysts and abscesses
- Acute scrotal syndrome
- Undescended testicles
- Varicocele
- Phimosis
- Hydrocele
- Inguinal hernia
- Pediatric traumatology
- Bone fractures
- Dislocations
- Blunt abdominal trauma
- Tear-contused wounds
- Thoracic surgery
- Pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum
- Pleural effusion and pleural empyema
- Congenital malformations of the lungs (pulmonary sequestration, emphysema)
- Bronchogenic cysts
- Thoracic tumors
- Plastic and burn surgery
- Hemangiomas
- Burns, including steam burns
- Scar revision
- Tumors of the skin and subcutaneous adipose tissue
- Protruding ears
- Gynecomastia
- Pilonidal sinus
- Poly-/syndactyly
- Pediatric surgical oncology
- Malformations of the blood and lymphatic vessels (hemangiomas)
- Neuroblastomas/ganglioneuromas
- Kidney tumors (nephroblastoma, Wilms tumor)
- Liver tumors (hepatoblastomas)
- Soft tissue sarcomas
- Herminogenic tumors (sacrococcygeal teratomas, ovarian and testicular tumors)
- Other medical services
Photo of the doctor: (c) Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
About hospital
According to the Focus magazine, the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf ranks among the top ten hospitals in Germany!
Since its foundation in 1889, the hospital has taken a leading position in the European medical arena and still occupies it until today. A highly competent medical team of more than 11,000 employees takes care of the health of patients. About 2,900 of them are doctors and researchers, while more than 3,400 of them work as nurses and therapists. The hospital has 1,738 beds for inpatient treatment. The key principles of each employee’s work is care for the health and well-being of the patient.
It is worth noting that the medical facility became the first university hospital in Europe, which introduced an electronic system for storing medical histories. Thus, all the processes of diagnostics and treatment are stored electronically. In 2011, the hospital was certified as the first fully digital hospital in Europe.
The hospital presents all fields of modern medicine. The doctors of the medical facility have the necessary theoretical knowledge and enormous clinical experience, which allows them to easily cope with the treatment of common and extremely rare, complex clinical cases.
An important component of the university hospital work is research activities aimed at the development of innovative diagnostic and treatment methods. The main scientific focuses of the hospital include neurobiology, oncology, examination of the cardiovascular system, infectious and inflammatory diseases. Today, the key attention is also paid to researches in the field of molecular imaging and skeletal biology.
The hospital is distinguished not only by the first-class medical care, advanced technical equipment, but also by the modern infrastructure, courteousness, friendly and respectful attitude towards the patient by the entire medical staff.
Photo: (c) depositphotos
Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf live in comfortable single and double rooms designed in bright colors. Each room is equipped with an ensuite bathroom with a toilet and a shower. The standard room includes an automatically adjustable bed, a bedside table, a wardrobe, a table and chairs for receiving visitors, a telephone, a radio and a TV. Also, there is Wi-Fi access.
Meals and Menus
The patient and his accompanying person have a daily choice of three menus. If for any reason you 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
Religious services are available upon request.
Accompanying person
During the inpatient program, an accompanying person may stay with you in a patient room or hotel of your choice.
Hospital accommodation
During the outpatient program, you may stay in a hotel at the hospital.
Hotel
During the outpatient program, you may stay in a hotel of your choice. Managers will help you 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.
- Coiling and clipping of aneurysms of different localizations
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting in patients with portal hypertension
- Minimally invasive surgeries (da Vinci)
- Removal and reconstruction of mammary glands
- Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)
These are arteriovenous malformations and angiomas, vascular aneurysms, pathologies of the mammary glands, pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, malignant tumors of various localizations (area of special attention is treatment of intestinal cancer), pathologies of liver and pancreas, cataracts and rare ophthalmic pathologies (aphakia, aniridia ), infertility and other diseases.
- Interventional neuroradiology
- Mammology
- Oncology
- Gastroenterology
- Surgery
Over 2,900 highly qualified physicians and researchers work at the hospital.