Colectomy (large bowel resection) in Germany: Best Clinics and Costs 2024

Nordwest Krankenhaus is a multi specialized medical institution, a leading hospital in Germany due to development of innovations, such as 3D ultrasound, anticancer vaccines in targeted therapy. It comprises 5 research institutes and 11 specialized centers.

• The cost of colon resection surgery at Asklepios starts from $22,000.
• Doctors perform a colectomy for colon cancer. A physician assigns laparoscopic or open colectomy according to the patient’s individual case.
• Professor Karl Oldhafer is a leading surgical oncologist at Asklepios Barmbek. Prof. Oldhafer apply minimally invasive technique as laparoscopic colectomy to remove colon tumor.
• After diagnostics, an interdisciplinary medical team discusses what therapies are more appropriate for a patient. They may prescribe chemo- and radiation therapies if required. Immune- and targeted therapies are effective methods to destroy cancer cells not affecting healthy organs.
• Asklepios is among Top 100 hospitals for the highest healthcare level according to the Focus magazine, a popular German edition about medicine.
• The hospital is certified by the German Cancer Society, an authoritative organization promoting the development of oncological healthcare.

Asklepios Nord is the largest multidisciplinary hospital in Hamburg. It is included in the biggest medical network in Germany — Asklepios Kliniken.

Pediatrics, neurosurgery, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, maxillofacial surgery are the main specialties at Asklepios Nord.

Asklepios Nord is regularly ranked among TOP hospitals in Germany for dentistry, ophthalmology, proctology.

72,000 patients receive treatment in the hospital annually.

Solingen Municipal Hospital/Academic Hospital of the University of Cologne is among top clinics in Germany according to Focus magazine - one of the most widely circulated German editions. Städtisches Klinikum Solingen is a certified medical institution treating over 60,000 patients per year.

Asklepios St. Georg Hospital is a multidisciplinary medical center in Hamburg. The Hospital works on the premisses of Asklepios Kliniken Medical Group.

The Hospital specializes in the treatment of the heart, vessels, and spine diseases.

St. Georg Hospital is among the TOP German medical facilities according to the Focus magazine.

87,000 patients receive the treatment annually here.

Asklepios Klinik Altona is a university hospital of Hamburg, one of the oldest medical facilities in Northern Germany. The medical center belongs to the hospitals’ group of Asklepios Kliniken. Asklepios Altona Hamburg specializes in robotic surgery, gastroenterology, abdominal surgery, neurology, and oncology specialties.

95,000 patients get treatment annually here.

• Colectomy cost at Bremen-Mitte starts from $17,000.
• Doctor Hüseyin Bektas is a world-class surgical oncologist in a field of colon cancer. Dr. Bektas performs colon cancer surgery using laparoscopic techniques. That means faster recovery and less post-surgical complications.
• Specialists conduct laparoscopic (minimally invasive technique) and open colectomy to remove a tumor. Laparoscopic colectomy is safer than open colectomy — the procedure provides less scarring, reduces pain, and makes patient recover faster.
• Besides, doctors prescribe chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and immunotherapy (if a patient requires).
• At Bremen-Mitte, specialists use the da Vinci Robotic System to remove a tumor (if required) through small incisions. The procedure helps to avoid scars, reduce pain and other complications.