Surgical Center, General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery Division

		Chief physician General and Visceral Surgery Prof. Dr. Matthias Anthuber			Chief physician Transplantation Center and Hepatobiliary Surgery N.N. (temporarily Prof. Dr. M. Anthuber)
		Executive senior physician Dr. Peter Sommer			Executive senior physician Dr. Dipl.-Biol. Thomas Breidenbach

		Phone +49 (0) 821-400-2653			Phone +49 (0) 821-400-3777
		Fax +49 (0) 821-400-3319 (chief secretariat)			Fax +49 (0) 821-400-3776 (chief secretariat)
		E-mail: sekretariat.avt@klinikum-augsburg.de			E-mail: sekretariat.avt@klinikum-augsburg.de

1. Medical service portfolio

General surgery, endocrine surgery, surgery of the intraabdominal space, organ transplantations, plastic surgery

Sector General and Visceral Surgery

Surgical and minimally-invasive (endoscopic / laparoscopic keyhole surgery) at benign and
malignant diseases of all organs of the intraabdominal space:
Esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine, appendix, straight intestine, pancreas, liver (surgery of benign and malignant liver tumors, metastases surgery), gall bladder and passages, spleen, abdominal membrane
Placement and relocation of artificial anus (stoma)
Operations of bowel hernias (hernia of the groin, navel, etc.)
Proctologic interventions: hemorrhoids, fistula, abscesses, fissures, and other
Diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal gland, and lymph nodes
Surgical therapy of chronic wounds
Complex interventions at the esophagus, liver, and pancreas
Esthetic and oncologic surgery of the breast and soft tissues
Since July 2007, the Sector General and Visceral Surgery is an acknowledged “Reference Center for Surgical Coloproctology”

Sector Transplantation Surgery and Hepatobiliary Surgery

Kidney transplantation, in particular also living donation
Treatment of patients with diseases of the liver and gall passages: Diagnosis and
Treatment, e.g. in cases of benign and malignant tumors
Extensive outpatients’ activities
Preparation and aftercare of patients before and after organ transplantations (particularly kidney, liver, pancreas)
Emphasis – optimizing of the medicinal, particularly of the immune suppressive therapy 3. Further services offered
Department-own medical specialist 24 hours in the house
Special consultation hours: proctology, reflux disease, chronics wounds, stoma, endocrine surgery, plastic surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, transplantation medicine
Patients’ information material; supraregional patient information events
Periodical advanced training events for general practitioners and medical specialists
Connection to self-help groups
Arrangement and accomplishment of a “second opinion”