Liver Center
Programs and services
- Specialty outpatient clinics for patients with viral hepatitis, chronic liver disease, hepatic malignancies, hepatobiliary surgery
- Comprehensive interdisciplinary liver transplant clinic
- Diagnostic evaluation: ultrasound, CT, MRT, PET incl. US- or CT-guided biopsies
- Non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis (Fibroscan)
- Non-invasive evaluation of hepatic function (breath tests)
- State of the art interventional radiology (IR) treatment incl. TIPSS, radiofrequency ablation (RFA), transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE) and radioembolisation (SIRT)
- Full array of endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of hepatic and biliary conditions
- Full array of procedures in hepatobiliary surgery including laparoscopic and pediatric surgery
- Liver transplantation program, incl. living donor liver transplantation (LDLTx)
- Weekly multi-disciplinary liver-/liver transplantation board
Cooperating institutions
- Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Divisions of Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Oncology
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
- Department of Nuclear Medicine
- Department of Anesthesiology
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken
