- International Medical Services - EN
- Treatments
Diabetology and gastrointestinal endocrinology
- Diabetes treatment for inpatients and outpatients – initial medication and adjustment
- Diabetic foot
- Consultations for second opinions in the event of imminent amputation
- Hypoglycemia consultations
- Insulin-pump consultations
- Care of patients with diabetes during pregnancy
- Treatment of diabetes-related gastrointestinal complaints
- Care of patients with diabetes in the event of pancreas and liver disorders
Hematology and oncology
- Tumors in the digestive tract
- Lung cancer
- Lymphoma
- Treatment of older people with cancer
- Palliative care
- Nutrition in the event of cancer
- Special molecular treatment principles
- Interdisciplinary treatment by specialists at the Colon Cancer Center, Center for Pancreatic Care and Oncology Center
- Treatment in accordance with the latest scientific findings – availability of clinical trials particularly for tumors in the digestive organs
- Modern blood and bone-marrow diagnostics
- Multimodal treatment
Rhythmology
Catheter ablation:
- Supraventricular tachycardia ablation
- Ablation of atrial fibrillation with 3D mapping
- Ablation of ventricular tachycardia with 3D mapping
- Epicardial ablation
Pacemaker implants:
- Loop-recorder implants
- Single- and dual-chamber pacemaker implants
- Single- and dual-chamber defibrillator (ICD) implants
- Subcutaneous defibrillator implants
- Implants of devices for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D/P)
- Implants of devices for cardiac contractility modulation (CCM)
Diagnostics:
- Electrophysiological study (EPS)
- Resting ECG, long-term ECG and stress ECG
- Diagnosis and treatment of congenital arrhythmogenic disorders, including genetic diagnosis and consultation
- Follow-up care for all types of pacemaker
- Tilt-table test
Miscellaneous:
- Left atrial appendage occlusion
- Deployment of wearable cardioverter defibrillators (WCD)
- Electric cardioversion
Diagnostic and interventional radiology and nuclear medicine
Computer tomography
- Cardiac imaging and virtual colonoscopies
- CT-controlled punctures
- CT-controlled treatment procedures
- Bone densitometry (QCT)
- Positron emission tomography (PET-CT), gamma camera
Magnetic resonance imaging
- MR angiography
- MR enteroclysis
- Cardiac MRI (CMR)
- Special liver examinations with contrast medium
Angiography
- Diagnostic angiographies of the entire body, including neuro-radiological issues
- Angioplastic therapy procedures (balloon angioplasty, stent insertion, thrombectomies)
- Elimination of vasodilation and vascular malformation using coiling procedures
- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) and insertion of drainage tubes (PTCD)
- Transarterial chemoembolizations (TACE)
- Endoluminal procedures for abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR)
Nuclear medicine
- Full range of nuclear medical diagnostics, including radiosynoviorthesis
- Conventional diagnostic radiology
General internal medicine
- General internal medicine
Gastroenterology / hepatology
- Certified Center for Intestinal Medicine
- Certified interdisciplinary Center for Pancreatic Care
- Interdisciplinary Center for Abdominal Care
- State-of-the-art endoscopic and endosonographic diagnostics and treatment
- Minimally invasive endoscopic treatments
- Laser treatments
- Mini laparoscopies
- Endoscopic tumor treatments
- Gastroenterological functional laboratory (pH manometries, respiratory tests).
Hematology / oncology
- Certified Center, RUCCC – Ruhr-University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- State-of-the-art multimodal cancer therapy for all tumor diseases and tumor stages
- Blood and bone-marrow diagnostics
- Combined chemoradiotherapy
- Palliative oncological treatments
- Multimodal pain therapy
- Regular interdisciplinary oncology conferences
- Supra-regional tumor board conferences. Palliative care
Rheumatology / autoimmune diseases
- Internal dermatological center for rheumatology
- Multimodal treatment of rheumatological complexes
Diabetology / metabolism
- Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes treatment center
- ‘Diabetic foot’ department
- Internationally competitive top research in the field of beta cell protection
- Special consultations for diabetics (diabetes outpatient department)
- State-of-the-art metabolism laboratory and special research laboratory
- Immune deficiency syndromes focusing on HIV
General and visceral surgery
- Certified Center for Pancreatic and Intestinal Surgery
- Abdominal and esophageal surgery
- Hepatobiliary surgery
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Thyroid gland and endocrine surgery
- Coloproctology
- Intensive care surgery
- Accident and emergency care
Dermatology
- Allergology, occupational and environmental dermatology
- Aesthetic surgical care
- Skin tumor center
- Northrhine-Westphalia Center for Laser Medicine
- Dermatohistology
- Photodermatology
- Photopheresis
- Psychodermatology and psycho-oncology
- Center for vein treatment
- Center for sexual health and medicine, HIV outpatient department
- Center for rheumatology and autoimmune diseases
- Center for hidradenitis suppurativa / acne inversa
Vascular surgery
- Open surgical treatment of dilated abdominal arteries (aneurysms) according to the so-called ‘fast track’ method
- Treatment of aneurisms using stenting in a state-of-the-art angio-suite (x-ray and operating theater in one)
- Quality-assured treatment of carotid stenoses (narrowing of the carotid arteries)
- Minimal invasive treatment of vascular occlusions and thromboses (using catheter procedures where possible)
- Special outpatient department for dialysis access
- Bypass systems down to the smallest vessels in the foot or arm
- Treatment of vascular malformations
- The interdisciplinary vascular center, the first certified Vascular Competence Center at a university clinic in Germany, is attached to the clinic. This is a special facility for venous diseases that is being run in conjunction with the Dermatological University Clinic.
Cardiology
Non-invasive cardiology
- Cardiac CT
- Echocardiography
- Transesophageal echocardiography
- Stress echocardiography
- 3D echocardiography
- Sleep medicine
- Bicycle / treadmill ergometry
- Spiroergometry
- Long-term ECG / late potentials
- Cardiac stress MRIs (with radiology)
- 24-hour blood-pressure measurement
- Renal arteries diagnostics
- Pacemaker and defibrillator checks
- Telemedicine
- Angiology
- Hypertensiology
Invasive cardiology
Diagnostics:
- Right heart catheterization
- Left heart catheterization (inpatient or outpatient)
- Intravascular ultrasound
- Intracoronary pressure measurement
- Endomyocardial biopsies, myocarditis diagnostics
- Electrophysiological examinations
Treatment:
- Balloon angioplasty (PTCA / stent)
- Coated stents to prevent restenosis
- Intracoronary radiation therapy to prevent restenosis (brachytherapy)
- Catheter occlusion open foramen ovale and atrial septal defects
- Pacemaker implantation
- Defibrillator (ICD) implantation
- Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP) to assist circulation during cardiogenic shock
- Local gene therapy to prevent restenosis after PTCA (clinical study)
- Immunoadsorption
- Renal artery dilation and stent implants
Pediatric and adolescent care
Treatment specialties
- Respiratory disorders, including cystic fibrosis (pneumology, allergology)
- Diabetology, rheumatology
- Heart disorders (cardiology, radiology, sonography)
- Hormone disorders (endocrinology)
- Immune deficiency disorders (immune deficiency, allergology, asthma, eczema)
- Stomach, intestinal and liver disorders (gastroenterology)
- Neurological and developmental disorders (neuropediatrics)
- Newborns and premature babies (neonatology, intensive care, sleep medicine)
- Children with severe burns and children's intensive care
- Mental disorders (psychiatry for young people and children)
Special facilities and procedures
- Diabetes consultation
- Electrophysiology (EEG, sleep EEG, neurophysiology)
- Endoscopy (bronchoscopy with flexible and rigid instruments, colonoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, H-impedance measurement)
- Nutritional advice
- Special immunology laboratory
- Intensive care beyond the newborn age
- Magnetic resonance imaging (Institute for Pediatric Radiology)
- Pediatric outpatient center for specialized outpatient treatments
- Pediatric radiology (X-ray, ultrasound)
- Neonatal ICU at the Perinatal Center Bochum
- Pediatric A&E department
- Physiotherapy
- Sleep laboratory for examinations of respiratory regulation disorders
- Education regarding chronically ill children (e.g. asthma, anaphylaxis, diabetes, eczema, Duchenne)
- Special mother-child units
Neurology
Special facilities
- Neuroimmunological disorders
- Multiple sclerosis
- Myasthenia
- Neurodegenerative, extrapyramidal disorders
- Parkinson's disease
- Ataxias, dystonias
- Huntington's disease
- Vascular disorders
- Strokes
- Disorders of the peripheral nervous system and muscles
- Polyneuropathies
- Myopathies
Specialized departments
- Interdisciplinary intensive care unit with resuscitation beds
- Stroke unit
- Special department for neuroimmunological disorders, including multiple sclerosis
- Special department for extrapyramidal movement disorders, including Parkinson's disease
- Northrhine-Westphalia Huntington's Disease Center
Treatment options
- Intensive medical care
- Plasmapheresis (hemodialysis)
- Drug treatments
Orthopedic and trauma surgery
- Spine, center for back pain, osteology
- Hips, hip endoprosthesis, hip deformities
- Knee, knee endoprosthesis, knee deformities
- Hand orthopedics
- Shoulder orthopedics
- Foot orthopedics
- Knee orthopedics, arthroscopic joint operations
- Sports orthopedics
- Center for regenerative medicine and cartilage surgery
- Trauma surgery
- Center fpr tendon care
- Rheumatic orthopedics
Radiotherapy and oncology
Ear, nose and throat treatment
- Surgery to improve hearing, including surgery for chronic middle-ear inflammation
- Treatment for patients with impaired hearing using implant hearing systems (cochlear implants, implanted hearing aids (Vibrant Soundbridge), bone-anchored hearing systems)
- External-nose surgery
- Surgery on the main nose cavity and sinuses, including anterior skull base, mainly in the form of microscopically and endoscopically controlled interventions, supported in certain circumstances by navigation systems
- Surgery on tumors in the head and neck area with required defect reconstruction (micro-vascular radialis flap)
- Plastic surgery in the neck, nose and ear areas
- Snoring surgery