Greater comfort and safety for patients before surgery: At Helios Hospital Hildesheim, the long-standing requirement to go without fluids for hours before surgery has been a thing of the past for more than two years. Patients scheduled for elective procedures are allowed to drink clear fluids without any time restrictions right up until they are called to the operating room. This clinical experien…

One month after Chief Physician Dr. Markus Mille took up his position, three specialized senior physicians have joined Helios Hospital Erfurt. Together with the existing team, they are strengthening the clinic's areas of expertise, with a particular focus on further advancing minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery.

Helios Hanseatic Hospital Stralsund ontinues to invest in experienced surgeons and has appointed Dr. Alexander Klose as the new senior physician for abdominal surgery and proctology. The 53-year-old physician from Berlin succeeds Senior Physician Dr. Beate Drews, who left the hospital on May 31.

Since June 1, 2026, Dr. Dr. med. univ. Markus Mille has been leading the Department of General and Visceral Surgery as well as the Visceral Oncology Center at Helios Hospital Erfurt.

Niklas Hilgers will not soon forget the summer of 2024: with acute chest pain and sudden shortness of breath, the 21-year-old was taken by ambulance to Helios Hospital Kassel while at work. Diagnosis: pneumothorax — a sudden lung collapse that was fortunately recognized in time and treated immediately in hospital. But it was not only the collapse. The acute situation marked a turning point in a co…

Today, many details are crucial in the treatment of colorectal cancer in order to maximize the chances of recovery. Every detail counts for successful treatment - even in rectal cancer.

When 58-year-old winemaker Holger Lehmann suddenly could no longer swallow properly, he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Professor Roger Wahba successfully carried out the treatment, and today Holger can once again enjoy the wines from his own vineyard.

With the da Vinci Xi surgical robotic system, installed at the clinic in May 2024, patients can undergo highly precise minimally invasive procedures that provide maximum safety and gentleness.

When you see Dieter Damm, you wouldn't think that he had been on the operating table less than ten days earlier and had survived a challenging operation: He is fit and dynamic and enjoys talking about himself and his life.

Until 30 years ago, a diagnosis of peritoneal cancer meant certain death. This is because the cancer usually occurs late in the course of the disease as a metastasis of another oncological lesion. For patients at this stage of the disease, there are now two new treatment options at the Helios Hospital in Schwerin.

With the introduction of the da Vinci Xi robotic assistance system earlier this year and the establishment of the Ost-Brandenburg Robotics Centre, Helios Hospital Bad Saarow is expanding its range of highly specialized medical services and consolidating its position as a leading medical facility in the region.

Helios Hospital Wuppertal is strengthening its focus on esophageal and gastric surgery: patients now have access to advanced minimally invasive methods, and the clinic is expanding its capabilities to treat even the most complex cases.