Enucleation of eye in The University Hospital in Dusseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany. Many banks and big companies are located here. Its capital Dusseldorf is famous for fashion shows and art exhibitions as well as Dusseldorf University Hospital that is a medical research center attended by patients from the whole Germany. Many visitors from other countries come here to get help for serious illnesses when other doctors give up. One of the reasons why the hospital is so popular is the combination of medical practices and research activities. 

University Hospital achievements:

• 30 institutes and clinics with different specializations
• 4,500 medical specialists, 130 professors и 800 doctors
• 61,000 beds for patients
• 42,000 inpatients every year
• 30,0000 outpatients every year

One more factor contributing to the hospital’s popularity is state-of-the-art equipment which makes surgeries with high precision and thoroughness possible. Urgent care facility, ultrasound division, radiology department, all operating rooms are equipped with necessary equipment. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are of high quality. This helps to develop and implement new techniques of treatment using stem cells and different types of genetics (including molecular and cellular genetics).

The most popular facilities of the hospital:

• Orthopedics clinic – specialists of this division perform minimal invasive orthopedic surgeries for adults and children and improve prosthetics techniques. Non-prosthetic enhancements like cartilage plastic surgery and ultrasound impact treatment are becoming more popular.
• Angiology clinic  (lymphatic and blood vessels) can also boast about numbers.. 1500 examinations, 2000 coronary stents, more than a thousand implanted pacemakers every year. Allogeneic transplantation has become very wide-spread recently which makes non-surgical revascularization gentle treatment.
• Heart surgery clinic, where a unique operation was performed without a special device for cardiopulmonary bypass.
• Oncology, hematology and immunology clinic. Specialists of this clinic have refused from a traditional chemotherapy and apply genetic engineering techniques, thermal therapy and transplant stem cells. It has become possible to affect the tumor without damaginghealthy tissues.

Every employee is carefully selected, at the stage of hiring every candidate takes a special exam where responsibility level and necessary skills are checked. Moreover, the administration organizes internal and external training courses on a regular basis. This pedantic approach to training contributes to fame of specialists far beyond this medical center.