Sana Hospital Duisburg

addDuisburg, Germany
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Prof. Dr. med. Markus Schmidt

Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. med. Markus Schmidt

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Sana Hospital has the most advanced level of treatments in the field of gynecology and obstetrics. The Head of the Department is by P As a Perinatal Center Level I, the Clinic for Obstetrics and Gynecology offers family-oriented obstetrics with maximum safety in three comfortably equipped maternity rooms. Together with the directly adjacent children's hospital, there are optimal care options for high-risk births such as premature births, multiple births, sudden emergencies and newborns with congenital diseases.

In the field of gynecology, the clinic offers the full range of gynecological surgery, including pediatric surgery. Extensive oncological procedures, as well as surgery for prolapse symptoms and urinary incontinence, are also carried out.

The number of high-risk pregnancies is increasing. As Perinatal Center Level I, The Department has vast experience in successfully handling high–risk pregnancies and births such as:

  • Premature births (especially very small premature babies)
  • Twins and triplets
  • Complications such as gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, placental weakness, premature rupture of the membranes, premature labor, cervical dysfunction
  • Pre-existing conditions of the mothers such as diabetes, epilepsy or other neurological disorders, blood clotting disorders, infectious diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, rheumatological diseases

The main treatments of the department in the field of gynecological surgery are:

  • Unwanted infertility (diagnosis and restoration of the reproductive function)
  • Dysplasia (diseases of the cervix uteri and vulva)
  • Gynecological oncology (cancer of the female genital organs)
  • Benign and malignant diseases of the breast
  • Incontinence and prolapse (Pelvic Floor Center)
  • Benign uterine diseases: fibroids and menstrual disorders
  • Benign diseases of the ovaries and fallopian tubes
  • Endometriosis
  • Adhesions and chronic lower abdominal pain

 The department also specializes in the following treatment methods:

  • Minimally invasive surgery
  • Laparoscopic surgery on the uterus: removal of fibroid knots, total or partial hysterectomy
  • Laparoscopic surgery to repair organ prolapse, including uterine preservation surgery
  • Laparoscopic surgery on the ovaries and fallopian tubes, including the removal of tumors and cysts, restoration of the reproductive function
  • Laparoscopic surgery to remove adhesions and endometriosis, also in case of various preliminary operations
  • Surgery with hysteroscopy: removal of fibroids and polyps (with organ preservation), correction of uterine malformations
  • Minimally invasive treatments involving organ preservation due to the menstrual disorders: by removing the mucous membrane (hysteroscopy) or obliteration (Thermachoice)
  • Laparoscopic cancer surgery in the early stages 
  • Surgery to restore reproductive function:
  • In vitro fertilization (IVF or ICSI)
  • Surgery to restore tubal patency (restoration of the reproductive function)
  • Preservation of fertility in malignant diseases
  • Outpatient gynecological counseling for both children and adults
  • Family-oriented obstetric care
  • Monitoring of high-risk pregnancies
  • Prenatal diagnosis
  • Invasive interventions, including amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, umbilical cord puncture
  • Intrauterine therapy
  • Medical care for premature infants
  • Monitoring of multiple pregnancies

Professional background

  • 1989 Abitur at the municipal high school Erwitte
  • 1989 - 1990 General military service
  • 1990 - 1996 Studied human medicine at the University of Essen
  • 1996 Permission to practice medicine temporarily
  • 1997 Ph.D. “Immunohistochemical steroid hormone receptor determination on GnRH agonists and treated untreated uterine fibroids "
  • 1998 license to practice medicine
  • 2008 Received the venia legendi for the subject "Gynecology and Obstetrics" and appointment as a private lecturer on the topic of
  • Postdoctoral thesis: "Evaluation of etiological and predictive factors in patients with preeclampsia"
  • 2011 appointed extraordinary professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen

Professional activities:

  • 1996 - 1998 internship at the University Women's Clinic in Essen
  • 1998–2003 assistant doctor at the University Women's Clinic in Essen
  • 2002 recognition as a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics
  • 2003 Senior physician at the University Women's Clinic in Essen, specializing in obstetrics and perinatal medicine
  • 2004 Recognition of the optional advanced obstetrics and perinatal medicine training
  • 2007 Medical director of the Perinatal Center
  • 2007 Ltd. Senior physician at the University Women's Clinic in Essen
  • 2008 further education authorization for the focus "special obstetrics and perinatal medicine"
  • since June 2011 chief physician of the Clinic for Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Duisburg Clinic