Helios Park-Klinikum Leipzig
Leipzig
, Germany
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reviews
Price level Medium
Certificate of rating of the best clinics according to Top Focus magazine.
Certificate of the German Cancer Society
Worlds Best Hospitals
98%
procedures without complications
1901
year of foundation
626
beds
40 000
patients per year
About clinic
Helios Hospital in Leipzig is a medical complex that consists of the Cardiac Center and the Park Hospital. The medical center is part of the well-known private network of clinics Helios Hospital Group.
Leipzig Heart Center is one of the best specialized clinics in Germany. In 2012-2017, Focus magazine confirmed this status by placing the Leipzig Heart Center in first place in the ranking of German heart hospitals.
Heart Center Leipzig specializes in advanced methods for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases in adults and children. Many of them have been developed and implemented in clinical practice at this center. Here, for the first time in Europe, the innovative TAVI procedure (transcatheter aortic valve implantation) was performed.
At the Leipzig Heart Center, cardiologists perform:
- minimally invasive heart surgery;
- transcatheter treatment procedures for heart valve diseases and arrhythmias;
- surgical treatment of congenital and acquired heart defects in patients of all age groups.
Helios Park Hospital in Leipzig is a university multidisciplinary clinic, the clinical base of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Leipzig. Helios Leipzig Park Hospital includes several specialized centers:
- cancer of the gastrointestinal tract and abdominal cavity;
- orthopedics and traumatology;
- surgery;
- diseases of the lungs, bronchi, and tumors in the chest.
According to the data of Helios Hospital, 75% of patients of Helios Hospital Group have better treatment outcomes than on average in Germany. At the same time, the period of hospitalization is shorter. All types of treatment are available to foreign patients.
Treatment at Leipzig Heart Center
At Leipzig Heart Center, you can get all kinds of modern diagnostics and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The benefits of Leipzig Heart Center are as follows:
- Advanced diagnostics: Cardiovascular CT and MRI provide 3D images of the beating heart and coronary vessels without the use of a cardiac catheter.
- Interdisciplinary approach is used. The patient is treated by a team of doctors, including a cardiologist, a cardiac surgeon, an arrhythmologist, an anesthesiologist, and a therapist.
- Every year, cardiac surgeons perform 6,000 thousand operations, often using minimally invasive techniques. For example, they perform minimally invasive mitral valve reconstruction – more than 7,000 operations (this is the largest experience in the world). Surgeons perform the intervention through a small incision on the right side without opening the chest. Most patients manage to keep their own valve, including aortic valve repair.
- 1,000 TAVIs are performed annually at the center (which is 2-3 times more than in other German clinics), and other innovative transcatheter procedures are also performed, including reconstruction of the mitral (MitraClip) and tricuspid (TriClip) valves, the closing of the atrial appendage in case of atrial fibrillation and closure of an atrial septal defect.
- In most cases, cardiac surgeons perform coronary artery bypass grafting without a heart-lung machine. This improves the portability of operations and reduces recovery time.
The preferred treatment for cardiac arrhythmias is catheter ablation, the destruction of arrhythmogenic tissue in the heart by means of catheterization. Every year doctors perform 2,000 of these procedures.
The average hospitalization time is 7-8 days. According to the clinic, this is less than on average in Germany.
The leading specialist of the center is a world-famous cardiac surgeon, Professor Sergey Leontyev. He speaks several languages and is the medical director of the private Leipzig Clinic, which operates on the basis of the Heart Center Leipzig and accepts foreign patients.
Cancer treatment at Helios Park Hospital in Leipzig
Helios Park Hospital in Leipzig operates an interdisciplinary Center for Visceral Oncology, which provides cancer treatment in certified specialized departments:
- tumors of the stomach and esophagus;
- liver cancer;
- tumors of the pancreas;
- colorectal cancer.
The protocol for multimodal (combined) treatment is developed by oncologists with the help of an interdisciplinary conference. The main method of treatment is surgery. For large tumors, chemoradiotherapy is performed first. In the early stages of cancer, surgeons perform endoscopic and minimally invasive surgeries. In the later stages, various hybrid procedures are used. For example, tumor resection and intraoperative ablation of metastases or transarterial chemoembolization. Therapy includes rehabilitation of patients to ensure a good quality of life after the main course.
Orthopedics at Helios Park Hospital in Leipzig
During spinal surgery, surgeons use minimally invasive techniques and monitor the spinal cord and nerves. This allows for minimizing the incision to 1-2 cm, preserving the structures of the spine and neurological functions, and reducing the rehabilitation time.
Doctors perform diagnostics and treatment of diseases of large joints using arthroscopy. The orthopedist performs this procedure through a small incision using an endovideoscopic device to examine the joints. One-day arthroscopic surgery at Helios Leipzig Park Hospital allows to:
- prevent the development of osteoarthritis at a young age;
- postpone joint replacement despite symptoms;
- restore joint function after injury.
In case of need for hip and knee arthroplasty, surgeons perform different types of operations – standard, minimally invasive, repeated, and increased complexity ones. The latest generation of used prostheses meets the most modern requirements for endoprosthetics. Patients with allergies to standard materials (such as nickel) receive specially coated dentures. The choice of prostheses and planning of the operation based on CT and MRI of the joint is carried out by doctors individually, using a computer program. Therefore, almost all patients begin to move on the day of surgery and leave the clinic after a few days.
Conditions of Stay for Foreign Patients at Leipzig Helios
Usually, parents of small children are accommodated with them in wards equipped for this purpose. Inexpensive apartments near the center are offered for accompanying persons of children, teenagers, and adults.
Foreign patients can receive medical care at the private Leipzig Helios Hospital, which has been operating since 2017 on the territory of Leipzig Heart Center. In this unit, foreign patients are accommodated in superior hotel-type rooms. They are provided with exclusive food and service in the atmosphere of a hotel with many additional services.
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The best specialties of the hospital
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Gatroenterology
Oncology
Psychiatry
Pulmonology
Surgery
Vascular surgery
Elke Heb
4/5
Clinic: Helios Park-Klinikum Leipzig
Diagnosis: Cardiovascular diseases
I feel very good here. Doctors, nurses, and everyone else are very friendly and always try to make the stay in the hospital as comfortable as possible.
09/02/2019
Sasuke Uchiha
4/5
Clinic: Helios Park-Klinikum Leipzig
Diagnosis: Surgical intervention
Quick treatment! Emergency surgery was performed the same evening, friendly staff of the emergency room and anesthesia.
10/03/2018
Paul S.
4/5
Clinic: Helios Park-Klinikum Leipzig
Diagnosis: Diagnosis confirmation
Thank you for the care of the staff, as well as for the excellent endoscopic examination.
10/02/2019
Kerstin Bock
4/5
Clinic: Helios Park-Klinikum Leipzig
Diagnosis: Slipped disc
Many thanks to the team of surgeons for spinal surgery and for competent and friendly treatment. I felt very good.
15/12/2018
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Cost of diagnostics and operations
Diagnostics
| Medical consultation | 200 - 400 $ | Enquire price |
| Online consultation | 370 $ | Enquire price |
| PET CT | 2 100 - 3 500 $ | Enquire price |
| Coronary angiography | 5 000 - 6 500 $ | Enquire price |
| MRI | 800 - 1 500 $ | Enquire price |
| CT with contrast | 600 - 1 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Laboratory tests | 50 - 1 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Histology review | 300 - 1 000 $ | Enquire price |
Oncology
| Radiotherapy | 9 000 - 13000 $ | Enquire price |
| Chemotherapy | 6500 - 9300 $ | Enquire price |
| Tumor biopsy | 7500 - 12000 $ | Enquire price |
| Histology review | 300 - 1 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Remote second opinion | 370 $ | Enquire price |
| PET CT | 2100 - 3500 $ | Enquire price |
| Cervical tumor removal | 12 000 - 18 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Transurethral resection of the prostate | 12 000 - 17 500 $ | Enquire price |
Oncohematology
| Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (relative donor) | 174 000 - 271 000 $ | Enquire price |
| PET CT | 2 100 - 3 500 $ | Enquire price |
Neurosurgery
| Surgical treatment of intervertebral hernia | 15 300 - 17 500$ | Enquire price |
| Brain MRI | 800 - 1 500 $ | Enquire price |
| Brain tumor removal | 23 300 - 27 500 $ | Enquire price |
| Lumbar discectomy | 10 500 - 14 130 $ | Enquire price |
Orthopedy
| Orthopedic consultation | 350 - 450 $ | Enquire price |
| Hip replacement | 12 300 - 16 900 $ | Enquire price |
| Knee replacement | 10 400 - 13 100 $ | Enquire price |
| Ankle arthroscopy | 6 300 - 9 500 $ | Enquire price |
| Scoliosis surgery | 42 000 - 49 000 $ | Enquire price |
Best clinic's doctors
Professor Michael Bartels
Oncologist, transplantologist
Work experience:
23 years
Achievements:
Author of more than 140 scientific papers.
Membership:
- German Society of General and Visceral Surgery,
- Professional Association of German Surgeons,
- European Society of Medical Oncology,
- European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer.
Professor Ulrich Halm
Oncologist
Work experience:
25 years
Achievements:
Medical Director, Chief Doctor of the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Hematology, Oncology, and Palliative Medicine.
Professor Geza Pap
Orthopedist
Work experience:
22 years
Achievements:
Called by FOCUS magazine as one of the leading specialists in shoulder surgery in Germany.
Membership:
- German Society of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery,
- Association of Orthopedic Rheumatology,
- German Association of Ulna and Brachial Surgery.
Editor of the journal “KCST-Journal”.
Scientific consultant of the journal “Upper Limbs”.
Doctor Zahir Chui
Vascular surgeon
Work experience:
25 years
Achievements:
Head of the Clinic of Vascular Surgery Hospital Helios Park.
Certified by the German Society of Vascular Surgery (DGG) in December 2005.
Professor Carsten Fisher
Traumatologist-orthopedist
Work experience:
23 years
Achievements:
He is a member of the Federal Association of German Surgeons.
Specialist in the field of traumatology, orthopedic surgery, and manual therapy.
Doctor Jens Gulow
Neurosurgeon, orthopedist
Work experience:
20 years
Achievements:
Specialist in spinal surgery, surgical treatment of degenerative diseases of the spine, spinal tumors, and inflammations.
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What are the primary medical fields of Helios Clinic in Leipzig?
The priority areas of the Helios Hospital in Leipzig include:
- oncology;
- hematology;
- cardiology and cardiac surgery;
- gastroenterology;
- orthopedics and traumatology;
- check-ups.
The Helios clinic accepts adults and children. The hospital received the title of the best national medical institution according to the international magazine «Focus.»
What are the advantages of cardiac surgery at the Helios Clinic in Leipzig?
Patients with cardiovascular diseases are treated at the Heart Center of the Helios Clinic. World-famous cardiac surgeons work here: Gerhardt Hindriks and Sergey Leontiev. Heart Center Leipzig develops new therapy protocols that are used in leading clinics around the globe. For example, Helios cardiac surgeons have developed unique techniques:
- minimally invasive interventions on heart valves;
- catheter heart valve transplantation;
- performing heart surgery in children.
The main activities of the Heart Center Leipzig at the Helios clinic:
- Diagnosis and treatment of myocardial infarction.
- Minimally invasive surgery on the heart and blood vessels.
- Valve replacement operations.
- Procedures to remove and prevent the formation of blood clots.
- Operations without cardiac arrest.
- Comprehensive treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia.
- Treatment of congenital heart defects.
- Treatment of children with diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
According to the Heart Center Leipzig of the Helios Clinic:
- 70% of operations are performed in a minimally invasive way;
- recovery of patients with myocardial infarction – 93.1%;
- the success rate of vascular operations is 100%.
In 2019, the Helios Heart Center was named the best hospital in Germany by the Handelsblatt newspaper.
Why do parents choose the Helios Clinic in Leipzig for pediatric heart surgery?
The main medical field of the Helios Heart Center Leipzig Children’s Hospital includes:
- pediatric cardio diagnostics using new techniques;
- catheter procedures;
- open heart surgery;
- pediatric rhythmology;
- pain syndrome therapy.
Cardiac surgeons at Helios Hospital perform complex interventions on the heart of children using innovative techniques:
- Minimally invasive correction of congenital heart defects. Doctors repair defects with special instruments and catheters inserted through small punctures. There is no need for a large chest incision, and the risk of complications is reduced.
- Valve transplantation with a catheter. The method avoids open heart surgery and reduces the child’s recovery time.
- Stereotactic radiosurgery for arrhythmias. Cardiac surgeons eliminate foci of arrhythmia using high-precision radiation beams. Thus, a regular rhythm is restored without the need for surgical intervention.
- Operation Blalock-Taussig. In the Helios Medical Center, it is performed to saturate the blood with oxygen. Doctors create an artificial connection between the subclavian and pulmonary arteries.
- Ross operation. Replacement of the aortic valve with the child’s own pulmonary artery valve, which eliminates valve rejection and does not require a second operation in the future.
- Fontan operation. They are indicated for the elimination of congenital malformations in heart failure. Doctors at Helios Hospital redirect venous blood from the inferior and superior vena cava directly into the pulmonary artery, bypassing the right atrium.
In 2018 and 2019, the Helios Heart Center Leipzig received the “Great for Children” award from the Association of Pediatric Clinics and Departments of Germany (GKinD). Comfortable conditions for families are created here.
Which types of cancer are treated at the Helios Clinic Leipzig?
Patients with an oncological diagnosis are treated at the Helios Park Clinic. It offers comprehensive medical care and support.
Park Clinic Helios Leipzig is one of the leaders in cancer treatment in Germany and Europe. Accredited by ISO 9001 and the German Society of Oncology (DGK).
Also certified:
- Department of Radiology – from the German Society for Radiology and Minimally Invasive Therapy (DeGIR);
- Pancreatic Cancer Center (DGK);
- Visceral Oncology Center (DGK);
- Gut Center (DGK).
Oncologists at the Park Clinic Helios Leipzig specialize in the treatment of cancers of the digestive system. The therapy scheme in Helios is developed by an interdisciplinary group of specialists, which includes oncologists, surgeons, gastroenterologists, radiologists, and therapists.
The Helios Hospital in Leipzig uses modern methods of cancer therapy:
- For diagnostics, doctors use imaging technologies: CT, MRI, endo-ultrasound, and ultrasound with contrast.
- Surgery. The priority of doctors is minimally invasive and reconstructive-plastic interventions. If necessary, cryosurgery, laser surgery, and photodynamic therapy are used.
- Chemotherapy. They use modern drugs that are selected individually for each patient.
- Radiation therapy. Various types of radiation therapy are available, including the modern TrueBeam linear accelerator. It allows irradiation of only cancerous foci without affecting neighbouring healthy tissues.
- Immunotherapy. Drugs are used to stimulate the patient’s immune system to fight cancer.
- Target therapy. They use special drugs that affect the intracellular mechanisms in cancer cells, blocking their growth and spread.
The specialists of the Helios Cancer Center in Leipzig use a comprehensive therapy regimen that includes different methods.
Here are a few examples of surgical procedures at Helios Hospital:
- The endoscopic method removes the oesophagus and stomach tumours: dissection and resection of the mucous membrane. With overgrown lesions in the Helios clinic, radiation therapy and chemotherapy are additionally used.
- Hybrid operations for cancer of the liver and biliary tract. For example, resection (including bilateral) with intraoperative ablation.
- Transection of the parenchyma (tissue dissection) using an ultrasonic dissector in treating liver cancer. This minimizes the risk of bleeding and does not require a blood transfusion.
- Transarterial chemoembolization in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis of the liver.
- Surgery for pathologies of the biliary tract using endoscopic stenting and percutaneous transhepatic drainage.
- Large intestinal tumours can be removed laparoscopically under the control of intraoperative ultrasound. This allows Helios surgeons to diagnose and immediately remove metastases. In the early stages, endoscopic interventions are performed.
- Transanal mesorectal excision is used to treat cancerous lesions of the rectum. This intervention guarantees a more precise but, at the same time, sparing removal of the tumour without the risk of complications.
According to Helios, 5-year patient survival rates are above the German average.
The results of the success of surgical treatment of cancer in Helios:
- esophagus – 80%;
- stomach – 98%;
- liver – over 80%;
- pancreas – 73%;
- intestines – 95%.
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