The program includes:
For 2 weeks before birth:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- clinical history taking
- physical examination
- review of medical records
- laboratory tests:
- complete blood count
- biochemical analysis of blood
- indicators of inflammation (CRP, ESR)
- indicators blood coagulation
- pelvic ultrasound
- gynecological examination:
- transvaginal ultrasound
- colposcopy
- scraping with subsequent analysis
- fetal examination:
- 4 D sonography
- determine fetal position before delivery
- CTG
- nursing services
- observation by chief physician and all leading experts
- maintaining an obstetrician until birth
Day of birth
- gynecological examination
- fetal examination
- childbirth natural
- symptomatic treatment
- control examinations
- the cost of essential medicines and materials
- nursing services
- full hospital accommodation
- explanation of future recommendations
After birth
- maintaining an obstetrician after birth
- examination during the postnatal period (during the first three weeks)
- control gynecological examinations during the postnatal period
- the first pediatric examination of the newborn
Required documents
- Medical records, obstetric history
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About the department
According to the Focus magazine, the Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine at the University Hospital Hamburg ranks among the top Germany medical facilities specializing in the provision of obstetric services!
The department offers comprehensive management of pregnancy, safe childbirth and high-quality postpartum care both for mother and baby. The department is the Level I Perinatal Center, which indicates the credibility of the medical facility. A special focus is on the management of high-risk pregnancy and individualized analysis of prenatal risks. For many years, the department has been maintaining its leading position in the field of its competence and taking care of the safe childbirth. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Kurt Hecher.
More than 3,000 children are born every year in the department’s five ultramodern delivery rooms. The great advantage is an excellent technical base, which allows the doctors to effectively detect and treat many pathologies in children at the stage of prenatal development. The specialization also covers intrauterine interventions, for example, laser manipulations in pathological bigeminal pregnancy.
The department's clinical activities are closely intertwined with such fields as neonatology, anesthesiology, pediatric cardiology, pediatric surgery, infectology and human genetics. Thus, it is possible to guarantee optimal medical care, which meets international standards.
The service range of the department includes:
- Prenatal medicine
- Comprehensive management of pregnancy
- Management of high risk pregnancies
- Management of multiple pregnancies
- Management of pregnancy in women with concomitant diseases (for example, in congenital or acquired heart defects, organ transplantation)
- Medical care in intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)
- Laser interventions in the womb in bigeminal pregnancy (if monozygotic twins have common placenta)
- Umbilical cord blood transfusion
- Prenatal diagnostics in accordance with the requirements of the German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and the Fetal Medicine Foundation
- Classic ultrasound screening of fetal development
- First trimester screening
- Chorionic villus sampling
- Amniocentesis
- Ultrasound examinations (to exclude malformations)
- Fetal magnetic resonance imaging
- Obstetrics
- Natural childbirth
- Caesarean section
- Postpartum care both for mother and baby
- Acupuncture as a pain therapy
- Other medical services
Curriculum vitae
Qualifications and Accreditations
- 1980 Doctor of Medicine, University of Graz, Austria.
- 1984 General Practitioner, General Medical Council, Austria.
- 1990 Medical Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Medical Council, Austria.
- 1996 PhD thesis in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vienna, Austria.
- 1997 Medical Specialist in Perinatal Medicine, General Medical Council, Germany.
- 2003 Professor in Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University of Hamburg, Germany.
Professional Career
- 1981 - 1983 Resident in Internal Medicine, General Hospital Klagenfurt, Austria.
- 1984 - 1991 Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital Klagenfurt.
- 1992 - 1993 Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine, King’s College, University of London.
- 1994 Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Klagenfurt.
- 1994 - 2003 Consultant in Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Deputy Head, Department of Prenatal Diagnostics and Therapy, Barmbek Hospital, Hamburg, Germany.
- Since 2004 Professor and Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Awards and Other Professional Activities
- 1992 Erwin Schroedinger Fellowship, Austrian Science Foundation.
- 1992 Honorary Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynecology, King’s College School of Medicine, University of London.
- 1999 Werner Otto Foundation Award for Clinical Research.
- 2000 Hans Geisenhofer Foundation Research Award, Bavarian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
- 2008 Haackert Foundation, Gold Medal Award for Prenatal Medicine.
Memberships
- International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Photo of the doctor: (c) Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
About hospital
According to the Focus magazine, the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is one of the top ten hospitals in Germany!
Since its foundation in 1889, the hospital has taken a leading position in the European medical arena, which it still holds today. A highly competent medical team of more than 15,300 employees takes care of the health of patients. Approximately 2,900 of them are physicians and researchers, and more than 3,400 work as nurses and therapists. The hospital has 1,738 beds for inpatient treatment, and many diagnostic and therapeutic services are provided on an outpatient basis. A solid foundation for successful clinical practice in the medical complex is formed by a combination of research achievements with state-of-the-art equipment and the highest professionalism of doctors. In addition, the hospital has a modern and extremely comfortable infrastructure. The most important value for every employee of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is the health and well-being of every patient.
The medical facility was the first university hospital in Europe to implement an electronic system for storing patient medical reports. As a result, all diagnostic and treatment protocols are stored electronically. In 2011, the hospital was certified as the first fully digital hospital in Europe.
The hospital represents all areas of modern medicine. The doctors of the healthcare facility have a wealth of theoretical knowledge and vast clinical experience, which allows them to easily cope with the treatment of both common and extremely rare, complex clinical cases. About 550,000 patients are treated here each year, over 450,000 of whom receive outpatient medical care.
An important part of the work of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is research activities aimed at developing innovative diagnostic and treatment methods. The main areas of research of the hospital include neurobiology, oncology, cardiovascular research, and research on infectious and inflammatory diseases. Special attention is also given to research in molecular imaging and skeletal biology.
The hospital is distinguished by its first-class level of medical care, which is confirmed by numerous quality certificates of European and international standards: DIN EN IS0 9001 certificate, certificates of the German Cancer Society (DKG) in the treatment of breast cancer, colon cancer, gynecological cancer, prostate cancer, and other oncological diseases, certificate of the German Cardiac Society (DGK) in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome, certificate of the German Spine Society (DWG), and others.
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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.