Clinic of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery

The clinic treats patients with all general and visceral surgery diseases. The traditionally large abdominal surgery is increasingly replaced by minimally invasive surgical procedures. In addition to liver and pancreas surgery, cancer operations on the stomach and intestines as well as hernia surgery have a particularly high share of the range of operating services. We are equipped with all common state-of-the-art procedures and special technologies, such as extremely modern ultrasound dissectors, intraoperatively computer-aided ultrasound examination, laser, minimally invasive proctological therapy and HDTV laparoscopy units.

Furthermore, we are certified as a reference centre for adipositas and metabolic surgery. The surgical area, wards and x-ray ward of our clinic are well equipped with all equivalent technology for treatment of obese patients. As Bowel Centre, we have already been certified again. We take part in the local Trauma Centre of the Bad Cannstatt Hospital in the context of the certified “Trauma Network of the Stuttgart Region” and make a significant contribution as emergency physicians for primary care of the city of Stuttgart.

• Minimally invasive surgery
• Hernia surgery, including Gilmore’s groin and adductor syndrome
• Interventions for benign and malignant disorders of the oesophagus and the gastrointestinal tract
• Colon and rectal surgery
• Liver, gall bladder and pancreas surgery, liver centre
• Surgery of extreme obesity, adipositas centre
• Proctological surgery
• Endocrine surgery
• Outpatient surgery
• Emergency care

• Interdisciplinary intensive care unit
• Multidisciplinary pain service (pain nurse), certification of qualified pain therapy is scheduled
• Participation in emergency services (emergency doctor) to the City of Stuttgart and in trauma centre of the Hospital Bad Cannstatt
• Interdisciplinary outpatient and emergency department, emergency room
• Interdisciplinary ultrasonography centre
• Interdisciplinary oncological conference on the treatment of gastrointestinal and pancreato-hepatobiliary tumours
• Adipositas support group
• Wound management
• Case management

• Laparoscopic adipositas surgery (stomach tape, sleeve resection, stomach bypass) as well as revision and operations of transformation both laparoscopically and open surgically
• Plastic intervention to abdomina, upper arm and femoral fat accumulation
• Laparoscopic resection of colon, rectum, pancreas and liver
• Laparoscopic antireflux surgery
• Radiofrequency ablation of liver tumours and metastases
• Minimally invasive haemorrhoid surgery (HAL/RAR, Longo)
• Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM)
• Endosonography
• Thoracic surgery procedures
• Intraoperative neuromonitoring of recurrent nerves
• Surgical therapy of Gilmore’s groin

• BMBF research project of the Obesity Research Network
• Molecular biological studies of intestinal preparations in cooperation with the Institute of Nutritional Medicine of the University of Hohenheim, Prof. Dr. S. Bischoff
• PETACC 6-study in case of advanced rectal carcinoma in the context of the Bowel Centre
• DEGUM study: contrast sonography for detection of metastases in colorectal carcinomas regarding postcare in the context of the Bowel Centre
• Optimise study (adipositas)
• Gore BioA study (fundoplicatio)

• Certification as Adipositas Centre
• Certification as Bowel Centre
• Participation in quality assurance for cholecystectomy (GeQiK)
• Colorectal surgery (Member of OSP - Oncological Focus Stuttgart)
• CIRS (critical incident reporting system)
• Patient survey and complaint management
• Participation in hospital infection surveillance system (KISS) with module of surgical departments (OP-KISS), module for intensive care units (IST-KISS), module for general care wards (DEVICE-KISS)
• Certification project 2013: qualified pain therapy, Stuttgart Cancer Centre (SCC)
• POCT
• Quality assurance measurement: operative therapy of the AN institute for adipositas of the Magdeburg University