Dr. med. Wolfgang Reinpold, is one of the international opinion leaders and top specialists in hernia and abdominal wall surgery. Since 2020, he has been one of the top five European specialists in this field. The focus of his scientific work is the development of minimally invasive techniques to prevent complications, especially recurrent hernias and postoperative pain.

The Department of General and Visceral Surgery at Helios St. Elisabeth Hospital Oberhausen recently received the seal of the German Society for Hernia Surgery. This is associated with quality assurance in the treatment of hernias.

A good quarter of all men and 3% of all women worldwide suffer from a hernia or abdominal wall hernia in the course of their lives. These so-called hernias almost always require surgery. But what is a matter of course in Germany is denied to many people in other parts of the world - for example because operations are unaffordable or there is a lack of clinics or trained surgeons. Dr. med. Wolfgang Reinpold, Chief Physician at the Hamburg Hernia Centre and the Department of Hernia Surgery at the Helios Mariahilf Hospital in Hamburg-Harburg, wants to help: This is the 16th time that the internationally renowned expert has embarked on a "hernia mission" at the end of 2023. In Paraguay, he operated on 55 indigent patients free of charge and trained local surgeons.

The Department of General, Visceral and Oncological Surgery at Helios University Hospital Wuppertal has expanded its surgical portfolio: for the first time, a robot-assisted eTEP procedure was performed in this department.