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Clinic for General Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology

Medical Centre Director
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfram G. Zoller
Medical Director

Telephone +49 (0)711 278-35401
Telefax +49 (0)711 278-35409
w.zoller@klinikum-stuttgart.de

This clinic provides care to patients with disorders from all internistic disciplines. It offers all endoscopic (24-hour on-call duty) and sonographic diagnostics and interventional-therapeutic methods.

Specific procedures such as photo-dynamics, APC coagulation, mucosa resection or chromo-endoscopy are performed in high volume. In the specialty-related gastroenterological oncology department, all (neo)-adjuvant and palliative chemotherapies are offered for gastrointestinal tumours – including neuro-endocrine tumours and GIST. Decisions on the therapy to be pursued are made on an interdisciplinary basis, in the context of tumour conferences.

A further specialty is nutritional medicine, practised by an interdisciplinary team comprised of physicians, nutritionists and specialised nurses/caretakers. This clinic holds the full authorisation to conduct continuing education for certification in the specialties of gastroenterology, hepatology and infectiology.

Treatment and care priorities

Gastroenterology und hepatology
Gastroenterological oncology
Laser therapy
Photodynamic therapy (i.e. bile-duct tumours)
Gallstone lithotripsia
Stent implants
Mucosa resections
Infectiology / HIV infections
Pneumology
Internistic intensive care treatment
Metabolic disorders, Diabetes mellitus
Clinical immunology and rheumatology
Nutritional medicine / dietetics

Special offers and facilities

Endoscopy department and gastroenterological functional lab
Central sonography, contrast inhanced ultrasound, sonographically-controlled interventions
Wide range of speciality clinics (among others: CED, hepatitis, HIV)
Close co-operation with the University of Tübingen for the photo-dynamic therapy of patients with liver resections
Nutrition courses
Certified Intestinal Centre
Liver Centre

Outstanding procedures in diagnosis and therapy

Competence from a single source: the complete array of procedures in diagnostics and therapy of gastrointestinal tumours- endoscopic-interventional therapy, (neo-)adjuvant and palliative chemotherapy, best supportive care, nutritional therapy, palliative medicine)
Photo-dynamic therapy of bile-duct tumours
Mucosectomy of early-stage carcinomas
Stent implants in the entire upper and lower gastrointestinal tract
Double-balloon endoscopy
Video-capsule endoscopy
Endosonographically-controlled interventions
Mini-laparoscopy for clarification of oncological and hepatological problems
Contrast inhanced ultrasound

Scientific activities

Studies on:

Palliative chemotherapy for colorectal (FIRE-III) and gastric carcinomas (EXPAND)
Therapy of cholecystitis (AC-DC)
Therapy of acute Hepatitis B (HepNet)
Member, network of excellence in Hepatitis C
Nutritional therapy

Quality assurance (selection)

QA Stroke (GeQiK) and Pneumonia (BQS)
Registry for double-balloon endoscopy
Co-operation with the German south west Center for Neuroendocrine Tumors
Co-operation with the Center for Infectiology, Stuttgart

Hospital numbers

2008

2009

2010

Available Beds

3,909

4,063

4,128

Inpatient Cases

6.2

5.9

5.6

Length of stay in days

Select Services (case number)

2008	2009	2010
10,738	11,289	11,400	Diagnostic endoscopy and sonography
1,327	1,379	1,360	Interventional/therapeutic endoscopy
486	467	470	Functional diagnostics and specific procedures (photodynamics, laser, lithotripsia, capsule endoscopy, mini-laparoscopy, EUS-FNP)

Clinic for General Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology

Klinikum Stuttgart – Katharinenhospital
Kriegsbergstrasse 60
70174 Stuttgart
Germany

Telephone +49 (0)711 278-35401
Telefax +49 (0)711 278-35409
w.zoller@klinikum-stuttgart.de

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