Leading Abdominal Surgeons in Vienna

Abdominal surgery is devoted to the surgical treatment of the diseases of the entire gastrointestinal tract (the esophagus, the stomach, the small intestine and the large intestine, the rectum, the liver and the pancreas).

Abdominal surgery also involves surgical treatment of perforations such as hernia or umbilical hernia.

Whenever it is possible, surgeries are performed using a minimally invasive procedure. Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (N.O.T.E.S.) is used very widely.

An abdominal surgeon deals with the surgical treatment of the diseases of the entire abdominal cavity.

These are examples of procedures used in abdominal surgery:

Stomach surgery in Vienna

• Ulcer diseases of the stomach
• Conversion operations

Gallbladder/ Biliary Tract

• Gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy)
• Biliodigestive anastomosis (restoration of connections between the gallbladder and the bile ducts)

Liver surgery in Vienna

• Hemangiomas
• Nodular hyperplasia
• Adenomas
• Liver cysts
• Ehinococcus
• Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
• Cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCC)
• Metastases
• Thermal ablation (targeted therapy of cancers and metastases by heating the tissue up to 120°C) (RFTA)

Pancreas surgery in Vienna

• Treatment of acute hemorrhagic pancreatic necrosis
• Drainage operations in case of chronic pancreatitis, including the duodenum, the pancreas and pancreas cyst

Small/ Large Intestine

• Surgery for bowel obstruction
• Surgery for intestinal fusions
• Appendectomy
• Treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases/ stage-by-stage lavage
• CAPD-catheterization

Hernia Surgery in Vienna

• Hernias
• Groin/ femoral hernia
• Umbilical hernia
• Dropsy of the testicles
• Surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis
• Surgical treatment of diverticulum

Abdominal surgery in Vienna has been particularly successful in the surgical treatment of cancer, as well as in endocrine, minimally invasive and transplantation surgery.

In the clinics for tumor diseases, all specialists work closely together to provide patients with high-quality comprehensive medical care.

The personnel of the centers in Vienna are represented by highly qualified senior and mid-level medical staff who provide the patient with services such as disease detection, preoperative preparation, the surgery itself and postoperative adaptation.