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Center for Internal Medicine and Surgery
Shortest Way to Highest Competence
No engineer could develop such a complex, finely coordinated
system as our body. The whole human body
is capable of first-rate performance when every module
functions perfectly. If an organ is imperfect, only
an expert can readjust it. But every organ influences
the others. So cooperation between various specialist
physicians is required for complete repair of individual
organs and trouble-free whole body functioning. Short
interdisciplinary decision making processes, harmonious,
speedy expert cooperation, are in the interests of
the patient. A center concentrating the knowledge of
various fields is the best precondition for such quick,
comprehensive care.
At the Elisabeth Hospital in Essen doctors cooperate in
the Center for Internal Medicine and Surgery (ZIMC)
on individual solutions for non-cardiovascular diseases
of the inner organs. At the highest level such areas of
internal medicine as gastroenterology and hepatology,
gastrointestinal oncology, diabetology, and visceral and
casualty surgery, work together. Conservative operative
treatment procedures are used to make the madeto-measure
treatment as comfortable for the patient
as possible. The experts are supported by highly
motivated, excellently technically trained care
personnel.
One main emphasis of the ZIMC is on diagnosis, therapy
and aftercare of gastrointestinal tumors of the
esophagus, stomach, intestines, bile tract and pancreas.
The teams for gastrointestinal surgery and diagnostics
are closely interlocked in their work here, using up-todate
equipment. If the team finds need for treatment
of thyroid, gall bladder or intestines, the patient is
immediately referred to surgical specialists. The surgeons
then use so-called minimal invasive procedures
in following interventions, such as transanal endoscopic
microsurgery for removing rectal tumors. These painless,
stress-free, high-end methods serve the patient‘s
well-being exclusively.