University Hospital Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany 
Head of the Department
Priv. Doz. Dr. Salmai Turial
Department of Pediatric Surgery
Department of Pediatric Surgery at University Hospital Magdeburg provides surgical care for children and adolescents with congenital as well as acquired diseases, acute and chronic. The department, founded in 1972, is currently a recognized center where the staff offers outpatient and inpatient care for neonates, infants, children, and adolescents up to 16 years as it works in cooperation with the Perinatal Center, the University’s Women Clinic, and the Children’s Hospital. Collaborations with various departments have also been established to cover the entire spectrum of diseases, such as with the Department of Trauma Surgery for the treatment of injuries, the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology of the University Children’s Hospital for the treatment of tumors, and the Department of Pediatric Urology for the investigation and endoscopic treatment of urinary tract and male genital system diseases. The facility, with the Anesthesiology Department, has achieved excellent results in surgical operations that require anesthesia.
Under the guidance of Privat.-Doz. Dr. med. habil. Salmai Turial, the medical staff treats over 1,000 inpatients every year in the general wards and its 16 beds.
The Department of Pediatric Surgery at University Hospital Magdeburg is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
- Biliary atresia
- Solid-organ tumors
- Appendicitis
- Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation
- Esophageal atresia
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Gastroschisis
- Tracheoesophageal fistula
- Hernia
- Anal atresia
- Obesity
- Pyloric stenosis
- Short bowel syndrome
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Salmai Turial was born in Afghanistan in 1968 and studied medicine at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. He completed his work as an assistant doctor in the Clinic for Pediatric Surgery (under the direction of Prof. Dr. Winfried Wagemann) and at the Center for Surgery of the Medical Faculty of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. Here he also received his specialist certification for pediatric surgery.
From 2002, Dr. Turial worked as a senior physician and permanent representative of the clinic director at the clinic for pediatric surgery in Hildesheim and from 2004 as deputy clinic director at the Mainz University Medical Center (director: Prof. Felix Schier). Most recently, private lecturer Turial worked as director of the clinic for pediatric surgery and congenital malformations at the Helios Dr. Horst Schmidt clinics in Wiesbaden.
Privatdozent Turial looks back on many years of experience and commitment in the field of pediatric and adolescent surgery at an international level. In 2011 he completed his habilitation in pediatric surgery at the Mainz University Medical Center.
Turial's work in minimally and micro-invasive pediatric surgery, especially in premature and newborn babies, is at the highest level in a global comparison. He has also made a name for himself throughout Germany as a specialist in the care of patients with funnel and keel breasts.
In the past 20 years, Privatdozent Turial has not only treated many children from war zones but also worked on-site as a surgeon. He sees it as a very important contribution to train pediatric surgical colleagues from other countries around the world in minimally invasive techniques. That is why he has carried out demonstration operations and advanced training programs in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Kosovo, and Slovakia.
The scientific focus of Privatdozent Turial lies in the area of ??minimally invasive pediatric surgery (microlaparoscopy in childhood including the development of new surgical techniques and new instruments) as well as premature and neonatal surgery. A special area of ??research includes the diagnosis and treatment of Hirschsprung's disease (defective structure of the intestinal nervous system). The local pediatric surgery department also aims to research the causes of chest wall deformities in children and adolescents.
Department of Pediatric Surgery
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