Distal Pancreatectomy in Germany: Our Best Clinics and Costs 2024

Prof. Dr. med. Karl J. Oldhafer is one of the best pancreatic, liver and stomach cancer doctors in the world. He is the Senior Consultant of the Department of General and Abdominal Surgery and Surgical Oncology at the Abdominal Medical Center of the Barmbek Asklepios Hospital. As a specialist in hepatic surgery, Prof. Oldhafer heads a Centre for Liver Diseases, where complicated surgery is also performed on the liver. He works together with specialists in the field of oncology, gastroenterology and radiology. Medical interests Radioservice computer-navigated liver surgery Metastasis surgery Surgery using the ultrasonic knife Minimally invasive abdominal surgery Liver, gallbladder and biliary tract surgery (hepatobiliary surgery) Pancreatic surgery

Prof. Thomas W Kraus is a top gastrointestinal doctor in Germany, who also specializes in a Whipple procedure management. He has practiced for over 30 years and has got 3,000+ surgical interventions of any complexity performed.  Every year he heads the list of the best physicians in Germany. Most of his clinical training and scientific researches were conducted at the world’s largest oncological centers in the USA, France and Japan. He is a member of several prestigious national and international medical associations. His another particular specializations are stomach oncology and treatment of liver diseases (hepatobiliary surgery). He conducts the most complex inner surgeries, gallbladder and bile ducts resections. Currently Pr. Thomas Kraus holds the position of the Chief Physician in Nordwest Clinic in Francfurt am Main. Prof. Kraus is Founder and Director of the German Society “Art of surgery”; He has performed over 3,000 surgical interventions for bowel diseases; He is a nationally recognized specialist in pancreatic surgery; The interdisciplinary medical center for the treatment of pancreatic problems headed by Dr. Kraus is honored with lots of national and international awards; Pr. Thomas Kraus gave more than 500 speeches and reports at the specialized conferences. A lot of his researches may be found on pages of the prestigious publishers; Professor is awarded many rewards including the Prize on experimental and clinical liver transplantation, The Prize of Middle Rein Surgeons Congress, the Scholarship of the Japan surgical society and others; He is the member of FACS.   Key medical directions A wide range of surgical services provided by the doctor includes: Laparotomy (dissection of the abdominal wall for the examination organs and tissues inside the cavity); Laparoscopy; Radical resection (full or partial organ removal) of malignant tumors; Draining of inflammatory diseases to remove the appeared necrotic masses; Bile ducts surgical reconstruction; Bypass (in cases when surgical treatment is impossible); Stapling of the damaged bile ducts; Surgical treatment of metastases particularly liver metastases; Endoscopic correction of inguinal, incisional and diaphragmatic hernias; Surgical treatment of obesity (gastric banding, sleeve resection, gastric bypass surgery). If the situation allows, Prof. Kraus uses such techniques: intraoperative sonography; minimally invasive surgery; intraoperative visualization. Education Dr. Kraus’s medical educations is directly connected with Heidelberg University (the oldest university in Germany): 1984 – got a medical degree; 1987 – got Ph.D in medicine; 2004 – was awarded the Professor title. For more than 15 years Prof. Kraus has been mastering various surgical directions and newest operative techniques at medical centers of Europe, Asia and the USA: Hospital Paul-Brousse (France); Kyoto University; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (USA); Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA) and others. Besides medical education, the doctor has a great experience in hospital management and business administration. Profiled diseases and procedures Stomach cancer; Pancreas cancer; Rectal cancer; Sigmoid colon cancer; Large intestine cancer; Small intestine cancer.

Prof. Dr. med. U. A. Wittel is a Senior Physician at the Department of General and Visceral Surgery of the University Medical Center Freiburg, Senior Physician and Specialist in Pancreatic Surgery. Dr.Wittel leads the Pancreatic Cancer Center.