HOSPITALS

Clinic Review

The University  hospital of Munich includes 29 specialized clinics, 11 institutes and 7 departments, over 2000 beds are available for patients. Hospital has a university status - this means that at its base all the latest developments of medical technologies and techniques are carried out, which after thorough testing are being put into the work.

Times magazine recognized the University Hospital of Munich as one of the top among the German clinics.

Most important priority in working with patients is safety, for which continuous monitoring and control is carried out, the results of which are introduced into the CIRS system. Munich University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilian provides medical care in 44 specialties.
 

Features of the Clinic

APPROACH TO CANCER THERAPY IN THE MUNICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

A team of diversified doctors works on each case of cancer at the oncological center of the clinic such as: therapists, surgeons, oncologists, radiologists. Each of them evaluates the treatment in terms of its specialization - this allows them to create a program of therapy, taking into account all the features and characteristics of the patient. Such a personalized approach greatly increases the success of the therapy.

An important point is the fact that for patients at the university hospital in Munich there is an opportunity for individual preparation of drugs in the clinic-pharmacy. The drug is developed based on the results of diagnostic studies.

The center has a high success rate in the treatment of complex cancer tumors even in later stage. The Cancer Center is also certified by the German Cancer Society (DKG). Foreigners often come here to treat:

• Lungs cancer;
• Bladder cancer;
• Prostate carcinoma;
• Stomach cancer;
• Breast cancer.
   

TRANSPLANTOLOGY IN THE MUNICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

The first liver transplant at the Center for Transplantology at Ludwig-Maximilian was conducted 30 years ago. Every year more than 60 liver transplants are performed here.

On the basis of the University Hospital Munich, the first heart-lung complex was transplanted in Germany by 1997.

Hospital’s transplant unit is considered one of the leaders in European Union and is in the TOP-5 of the largest institutions of this profile. The organ transplant center operates according to the standards established in the world and is constantly evolving.

Organ transplantation at the Munich University Hospital has a high patient survival rate:

• Annual - 86%;
• Five years - 78%;
• Ten years - 64%.

In the Center for Transplantology at the Munich Clinic, the following operations are performed:

• Liver transplantation;
• Kidney transplantion;
• Lung transplantion;
• Heart transplant;
• Pancreas transplant;
• Bowel transplantation.
• Organ transplantation in children.

NEUROSURGERY IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MUNICH

The Neurosurgery Center is considered one of the leading institutions of this specialization in Germany, since all effective surgical techniques available in modern medicine are used here.

A robot-assisted “Da Vinci” system is installed in the center, and for the diagnosis of the disease, PET scans are available, with the help of which it is possible to track the pathology dynamics in detail.

Neurosurgical interventions are carried out by microsurgical method - this allows the doctor to act more precisely, and the patient to undergo the postoperative period faster.

During the operation, monitoring systems are also used - these allow them to control the situation and instantly respond in crisis situations.

In some cases, the operation is possible only on the basis of the neurosurgery center of the University Hospital of Munich, if other hospitals cannot provide proper conditions for complex diseases.