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Urology
Urology departments at Helios hospitals in Germany offer modern diagnostics and treatment for diseases of the urinary and male reproductive systems. Helios hospitals combine a high level of medical expertise with the use of advanced, predominantly minimally invasive treatment methods.
Treatment is delivered using state-of-the-art surgical and technological approaches and through close interdisciplinary collaboration with oncology, radiology, and other medical specialties. This ensures individualized treatment strategies and a high level of medical safety.
Helios hospitals provide international patients with structured and professionally coordinated urological care — from initial consultation and diagnostics to treatment and follow-up.
Chief Physician of the Clinic for Urology and Pediatric Urology at Helios Hospital Krefeld
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Chief Physician Urology & Medical Director at Helios Hospital Erfurt
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Senior Consultant | Clinic for Urology and Pediatric Urology, Prostate Center at Helios University Hospital Wuppertal
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Chief Physician of the Department for Urology at Helios Hospital Bad Saarow
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Chief Physician Urology and Pediatric Urology at Helios Hospital Gotha
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Chief Physician Clinic for General and Visceral Surgery / Director Center for Surgery at Helios Hospital Hildesheim
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With the center for reconstructive urological surgery for children and adults, which focuses on complex interventions, a medical beacon is being created in the region at Helios St. Josefshospital Uerdingen.
Men over the age of 45 should have an annual prostate screening. In addition to a blood test, this also includes a palpation of the prostate through the rectum and is nowadays the most important screening examination for prostate cancer in Germany.
In radical prostatectomy, the entire prostate gland is removed along with the seminal vesicles. The consequences of such an operation and how to deal with it is a very personal and individual experience, which is influenced by various factors.
PD Dr. med. Tobias Klatte took over as Chief Medical Director of the Urology Clinic at Helios Hospital Bad Saarow on December 1, 2023. He has extensive clinical experience in open, laparoscopic and robot-assisted urology. The previous Head Physician of Urology, Dr. med. Steffen Hallmann, is primarily moving to Fürstenwalde to work in private practice, but will also remain at the Urology Clinic as a part-time Senior Consultant.
The Prostate Cancer Center at the Helios Amper-Hospital Dachau receives certification from the German Cancer Society for the first time. For the Head of Urology, it is a promise to patients.
As part of a joint research project between the Department of Urology at Medical School Berlin and the Institute of Physiology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Ms. Isabel Groth is investigating the effects of novel histone deacetylase inhibitors on prostate cancer.
The Department of Urology and Urologic Oncology at Helios Hospital Krefeld is one of the leading centers in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and operates an officially certified Uro-Oncology Center accredited by the German Cancer Society (Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft, DKG). The center provides the full spectrum of specialized urological care — from high-precision diagnostics to advanced surgical approaches in the treatment of kidney, bladder, prostate, testicular, and penile cancer.
The center is equipped with state-of-the-art technologies and diagnostic systems, including multiparametric prostate MRI for highly accurate detection of tumor foci and 3D-guided biopsy techniques for targeted verification of malignant lesions. A key component of the surgical program is robot-assisted surgery, enabling radical prostatectomy with nerve-sparing techniques, thereby reducing the risk of postoperative complications and facilitating faster functional recovery. Minimally invasive approaches are also widely applied for tumor resection and lymphadenectomy.
In addition, the hospital maintains close collaboration with the Department of Nuclear Medicine, offering innovative treatment modalities such as PSMA ligand therapy for patients with therapy-resistant prostate cancer, further strengthening the interdisciplinary management of complex urologic oncology cases.
The Uro-Oncology Center is headed by Professor Martin Friedrich, Director of the Departments of Urology and Pediatric Urology at Helios Hospital Krefeld. He has extensive experience in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of urogenital malignancies, including procedures for both localized and advanced prostate cancer. Under his leadership, the center performs highly specialized procedures, including holmium laser enucleation (HoLEP) and Rezūm™ therapy for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
The Prostate Center at Helios Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken (HSK) in Wiesbaden is a certified interdisciplinary specialized center for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. The center is certified by the German Cancer Society (Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft, DKG), confirming compliance with national quality standards, structured treatment algorithms, and systematic outcome monitoring in accordance with OnkoZert requirements.
The center provides the full spectrum of modern evidence-based prostate cancer therapy — from early detection and risk stratification to comprehensive multimodal treatment concepts. The diagnostic protocol includes PSA screening, transrectal and transperineal biopsy techniques, multiparametric prostate MRI (mpMRI) for precise visualization of tumor foci, and image-guided targeted biopsies for histopathological verification. Risk classification is performed in accordance with international guidelines (including EAU criteria), enabling the development of individualized treatment strategies.
Surgical treatment includes robot-assisted procedures using nerve-sparing techniques aimed at preserving continence and erectile function whenever oncologically appropriate. Extended pelvic lymphadenectomy is performed based on oncological risk stratification. Minimally invasive approaches represent the standard of care at the center, contributing to reduced perioperative morbidity and optimized postoperative recovery.
For patients with low-risk tumors, active surveillance protocols are implemented. In cases of locally advanced or metastatic disease, multimodal treatment strategies are applied, including androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), chemotherapy, and modern systemic therapies within an interdisciplinary treatment framework.
The Testicular Cancer Center at Helios Bad Saarow is a specialized unit dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of germ cell tumors of the testis and rare urogenital malignancies in men. The center is integrated within the Department of Urology and operates under an interdisciplinary model with the mandatory involvement of oncologists, radiologists, radiation oncologists, pathologists, and specialists in reproductive medicine.
The center provides treatment for the full spectrum of testicular tumors, including seminomas and non-seminomatous germ cell tumors, malignancies with metastatic involvement of lymph nodes and distant organs, recurrent disease, as well as rare germ cell and stromal tumors.
The diagnostic protocol includes assessment of tumor markers (AFP, β-hCG, LDH), scrotal ultrasound with Doppler imaging, CT of the chest, abdomen, and retroperitoneum for staging, as well as histological verification with immunohistochemical analysis, among other procedures.
The gold standard surgical procedure is radical inguinal orchiectomy with oncological control of resection margins. When indicated, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) is performed, including nerve-sparing techniques aimed at preserving ejaculatory function. Minimally invasive and laparoscopic approaches are applied in clinically justified cases to reduce perioperative morbidity and accelerate patient recovery.
For metastatic and high-risk disease, modern cisplatin-based chemotherapy regimens (e.g., the BEP protocol) are administered in close collaboration with the Department of Oncology.
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