The program includes:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- clinical history taking
- review of medical records
- physical examination
- laboratory tests:
- complete blood count
- biochemical analysis of blood (general and ionized calcium)
- general urine analysis
- hormone test (TSH, parathyroid hormone, calcitonin)
- inflammation markers (CRP, ESR)
- blood coagulation analysis (aPTT, PT, INR)
- thyroid ultrasound
- thyroid CT/ MRI (if clinically indicated, additional cost is 650/1200€)
- thyroid and parathyroid scintigraphy (if clinically indicated, additional cost is 1500€)
- nursing services
- consultation of related specialists
- treatment by chief physician and all leading experts
- explanation of individual treatment plan
Required documents
- Medical records
- Results of hormone blood tests (if available)
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About the department
The Department of Endocrine Surgery at the Vivantes Humboldt Hospital focuses on diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands. Highly developed operational methods, exceptional experience of conducting more than 8000 interventions and neuromonitoring guarantee optimal and sparing treatment. The head of the department is Dr. med.
Hannelore Heidemann.
In most cases, the surgeries are performed through a small incision of the skin in the neck by using devices for blood vessel and tissue coagulation("seamless surgery"). Each surgical intervention is performed with the help of a binocular loupe, as well as a system for protecting the nerves of the vocal cords (neuromonitoring). In the presence of small nodes or parathyroid adenomas, surgeries are performed in a minimally invasive way with video-assisted administration. For interventions on the parathyroid glands intraoperative determination of parathyroid hormone is used.
Spectrum of surgical treatment includes:
- All benign and malignant diseases of the thyroid gland
- Basedow's disease
- Autoimmune thyroiditis
- Struma in the elderly
- Children surgeries
- Repeated interventions (secondary and multiple interventions)
- Interventions in the so-called "diving goiter" (displacement in the chest)
- Diseases of parathyroid glands with benign and malignant neoplasms
- Primary hyperparathyroidism
- Secondary hyperparathyroidism in dialysis patients
- Parathyroid gland diseases in complex endocrine disorders (multiple endocrine neoplasia)
- Diseases of the adrenal glands
Curriculum vitae
- 1981 Medical qualification at Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany.
- 1989 Specialist in Surgery
- 1981 - 2005 Consultant, Hospital Berlin Lichtenberg, Germany
- 2006 - 2008 Head of the Centre for Endocrine Surgery, Martin-Luther-Hospital Berlin, Germany
- 2008 - 2014 Head of Department Endocrine Surgery, Meoclinic, Berlin, Germany
- Since 2014 Director of the Centre for Endocrine Surgery, Vivantes Humboldt Hospital, Berlin, Germany.
Photo of the doctor: (c) Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH
About hospital
An academic clinic of the university medical complex Charité, the Vivantes Humboldt Hospital is one of the largest specialized medical institutions in Berlin. The hospital is famous for its impeccable reputation in the field of traumatology, orthopedics, urology and gynecology, as well as treatment of oncological diseases. Treatment in these fields is performed within the specialized centers at a hospital of national importance.
The Humboldt Hospital has 24 medical departments and about 700 beds at its disposal. Every year, a team of 250 doctors treats about 65,000 patients. The hospital combines high medical qualifications and modern technologies: urologists-surgeons employ operating system Da Vinci, Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate and therapeutic robot, neurological rehabilitation uses exoskeleton for walking training after acute disorders of cerebral circulation.
High quality of treatment is proved by the participation of hospital in the "Initiative of Quality Medicine" (Initiative Qualitätsmedizin, IQM) program.
Photo: (c) depositphotos
Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the Vivantes Humboldt Hospital live in comfortable single and double rooms.
Rooms are equipped with everything necessary to make the patient's stay in the hospital as convenient and pleasant as possible. It is worth noting the modern and stylish design of the rooms are at the level of a first-class hotel.
Each room has a separate bathroom with toilet and shower. The rooms also have internet access, satellite TV and a telephone.
Meals and Menus
The hospital offers delicious and healthy meals. For lunch, the restaurant offers an abundant selection of meals from 10 menus. There is also a vegetarian and diet menu.
Further details
Standard rooms include: