Treatment abroad is far from accessible to everyone, but for more than 10 years a unique medical institution of its kind has been operating in Moscow - the Swiss University Clinic SwissClinic. This is one of the medical institutions in Russia, which was created according to European standards. Here they provide high-tech medical care using all modern methods of surgical treatment.
Why is it called "Swiss"?
Many people think that this clinic is a Russian branch of some Swiss medical center. In fact, the name of this institution is explained by the fact that the Swiss University Hospital (photo will be placed in the article for clarity) was created by specialists of the highest qualification category in accordance with the progressive model of Western European medicine.
In addition, SwissClinic actively cooperates withmedical faculties of prestigious Swiss universities with a long history. These are the universities of Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Geneva, the years of creation of which fall on the XV-XVI centuries. The Swiss University Clinic in Moscow cooperates with the Hospital & Clinique de La Tour, the Montchoisy and Generale Beaulieu clinics in Geneva and other leading hospitals in Switzerland, Germany and France. Doctors of the Moscow institution annually improve their qualifications, undergo training abroad. At the same time, the center's specialists share their experience and knowledge with European colleagues, conducting several dozen master classes for highly specialized surgeons.
The Swiss University Hospital is a surgical medical center. The hospital staff includes surgeons of general and narrow specialization: gynecologists, urologists, proctologists, phlebologists, endocrinologists, oncologists. The clinic also performs plastic and reconstructive surgeries.
The Swiss Clinic SwissClinic annually performs about one and a half thousand complex operations using individually selected methods. Doctors of the center manage to achieve the most effective result in treatment through the use of modern expensive equipment and many years of experience of specialists. Judging by the reviews of the Swiss University Hospital in Moscow, patients choose this institution because it has an almost impeccable reputation, guarantees the best treatment results and a quick recovery period.
Head of clinic
Chief Physician of SwissClinic- Puchkov Konstantin Viktorovich, surgeon with many years of experience, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor. In addition, Puchkov heads the Center for Clinical and Experimental Surgery, which we will discuss in more detail in the next section.
Head of the Swiss University Hospital is a member of the Society of Endoscopist Surgeons of Russia and the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons. Interesting fact: Puchkov became the first Russian to receive membership in the Association of Endoscopic Surgeons of Asia.
During the entire period of his professional career as a surgeon, which began with Konstantin Viktorovich in 1993, he was awarded many awards. In 2006 he received the title of the best laparoscopic surgeon of the Russian Federation. Puchkov performs laparoscopic interventions in the field of general surgery, urology, gynecology.
Performed more than 12,000 laparoscopic surgeries. Puchkov is the author of several hundred scientific articles, ten monographs and patented unique technologies and computer programs used in the course of laparoscopic interventions. Since 2010, the professor has been directly involved in surgical interventions at the Geneva clinic "La Tour".
The head of the Swiss University Hospital is an authoritative figure in the field of surgical gynecology, laparoscopic procedures, radical treatment of urological and endocrinological diseases in Russia and Europe. How the supervisor Professor Puchkov prepared for the defensedissertations six candidates and doctors of sciences. Konstantin Viktorovich from year to year conducts master classes in Russia and abroad, sharing his invaluable experience in laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgical methods of treatment.
Center for Clinical and Experimental Surgery
On the basis of the Swiss University Clinic, which is located at: Moscow, st. Nikoloyamskaya, 19, building 1, is the Center for Clinical and Experimental Surgery. This place provides an opportunity for young and inexperienced surgeons to gain theoretical knowledge and practical experience of the European level without having to leave the country and undergo an internship abroad. The educational program developed by Puchkov allows beginners to broaden their horizons, get a “dose” of live communication with colleagues and experts, get acquainted with innovative approaches, new surgical techniques, and try out modern equipment.
Education at the Center for Clinical and Experimental Surgery is carried out in the form of one-day scientific and practical seminars, which are held several times a month at the Swiss University Hospital in Moscow. Capital partner medical centers also take part in organizing master classes. The main topics of scientific and practical seminars include issues from modern surgery in various fields. Each program, designed for surgeons with basic skills in laparoscopic interventions, provides for a demonstration operation, practical work on simulators, lectures by foreignexperts.
Center for Clinical and Experimental Surgery holds symposiums and conferences in other cities and CIS countries. Often the format of the event involves video broadcasting from the operating room to the conference room, the implementation of practical work.
Cutting edge medical technology
Judging by the reviews of the Swiss University Hospital in Moscow, the cost of medical services can hardly be called the most affordable in the capital. But patients who come here are ready to pay any money, just to be sure that they trust their he alth, and sometimes their lives, to real professionals. In Moscow, SwissClinic is considered one of the most prestigious private medical facilities, where patients are treated using advanced methods and technologies developed in Switzerland.
There are no Chinese-made budget devices in the clinic. In medical practice, high-quality precision devices and tools are used, safe materials from world-famous manufacturers, including Reliant, Hartmann, Karl Storz, Covidien, Draeger.
SwissClinic specialists were among the first Russian surgeons who successfully performed laparoscopic interventions on the abdominal organs (removal of the gallbladder, uterine fibroids with temporary occlusion of the uterine arteries, cholecystectomy using the NOTES technology, partial resection of the adrenal gland, etc.).
Surgical know-how in the field of minimally invasive interventions, the specialists of the medical center consider:
- single-port access to bloodvessels;
- transvaginal access for various laparoscopic operations,
- interventions on the uterus, spleen, rectum, adrenal glands, which allow you to save organs;
- simultaneous execution of several operations at once.
All doctors of the SwissClinic clinic in Moscow have many years of practical experience, are focused on the best possible result and use a personalized approach to each visitor and patient.
Treatment of diseases of the genitourinary system in women
In the clinic, located in the very center of the capital, you can get a doctor's consultation, undergo a comprehensive examination and treatment. If a surgical intervention is indicated in case of a detected disease, the specialists of the center will perform it efficiently and will do everything so that the rehabilitation period passes quickly and without complications.
In particular, the SwissClinic in Moscow is the medical institution where complex minimally invasive and organ-preserving gynecological operations are performed:
- myomectomy;
- supravaginal amputation and hysterectomy using SILS technology;
- removal of endometrioid cystic formations;
- treatment of retrocervical endometriosis and foci of the disease on the organs of the peritoneum and small pelvis;
- resection of part of the ovary, adnexectomy or cystectomy (an intervention in which the cyst is husked and he althy tissue is preserved);
- surgical treatment of urinary incontinence;
- deletebladder tumors.
In K. Puchkov's clinic, gynecological surgeons perform simultaneous operations that allow patients to get rid of not one, but several diseases at once during one intervention. For diagnosis, only the latest examination methods are used - video colposcopy, hysteroscopy, ultrasound and laparoscopy, which allows taking a sample of biomaterial for further histological and cytological examination.
If necessary, patients can get advice from other specialists: an endocrinologist, a mammologist, etc. In addition, at the clinic on Nikoloyamskaya, you can use the treatment program for both sexual partners.
Surgeons in urology
Diseases of the genitourinary tract are often diagnosed in men as well. The lack of timely therapy and the occurrence of chronic foci of infection can lead to the development of serious complications. Moreover, urologists also treat women of the weaker sex, in whom, due to the anatomical structure of the urethra (it is shorter than in men), infectious and inflammatory processes in the pelvis develop faster.
Among the urological diseases diagnosed in patients, the most common are:
- urethritis, cystitis, pyelonephritis;
- balanoposthitis, orchitis, epididymitis;
- prostatitis;
- enuresis and stress urinary incontinence;
- nephroptosis - kidney prolapse;
- sexually transmitted diseases (human papillomavirus, chlamydia, genital herpes, mycoplasmosis);
- urolithicdisease;
- urethral stricture, inflammation of the ureters;
- varicocele, cyst, testicular tumor;
- malignant and benign tumors of the pelvic organs in men.
Symptoms of pathologies in which it is necessary to see a doctor as soon as possible are numerous and varied. Without conservative or surgical treatment, according to indications, urological ailments can lead to sexual dysfunction, the development of arterial hypertension, infertility, and kidney failure.
Abdominal surgery
Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract affects a large part of the adult population. Gastroenterological pathologies negatively affect the working capacity and quality of life of a person, and sometimes lead to dangerous complications in the form of cancers. That is why each patient should visit a gastroenterologist for preventive purposes at least once every three years, and in the presence of chronic ailments - annually or as directed by a doctor.
At the Swiss University Hospital, the address of which was indicated above, they perform various types of operations on the abdominal organs:
- endoscopic correction for reflux esophagitis and diaphragmatic hernia;
- minimally invasive cholecystectomy in women (such an operation is performed transvaginally);
- liver cyst resection;
- pyloroplasty for stenosis or installation of gastroduodenoanastomosis;
- surgical intervention for complications of peptic ulcerdiseases of the stomach and duodenum, including perforation of the wall, malignancy, internal bleeding, etc.
In most cases, doctors manage to cure the patient and save the affected organs, partially or completely restore their functionality.
Other surgeries, plastic and reconstructive surgeries
Representatives of vascular surgery and phlebology are also present on the staff of the SwissClinic medical center in Moscow. The Swiss clinic is visited by patients who need:
- complex surgical treatment with phlebectomy or suprafascial resection of perforating veins;
- sclerosis of individual vessels;
- radio frequency intervention for varicose veins.
Surgeons-proctologists consult patients, prescribe examinations, medications and perform operations for resection of the rectal fistula, correction of the epithelial coccygeal tract, as well as ligation of hemorrhoids using the Parkes and Longo method. The best minds of Russia are involved in the treatment of diseases of the endocrine system. Operations are performed here for resection of the thyroid gland, adrenal cysts, epididymis, etc.
Popular among the visitors of the SwissClinic (Puchkov University Clinic) are the services of a plastic surgeon. This medical institution performs the following types of operations:
- endoscopic and minimally invasive lifting of the face or its individual parts (forehead and eyebrows), circular facelift;
- rhinoplasty, including benign tumor removal and reconstruction of the nasal passages;
- mammoplasty with implants, breast lift, areola plastic, nipple, removal of excess gland volume;
- abdominoplasty in combination with liposuction and elimination of diastasis defects.
Price list for medical services
As already noted, in the reviews of the Swiss University Hospital, many express their dissatisfaction with the cost of service. We will not list how much all services cost in a row, but consider the prices for certain types of paid services. So, the cost of an initial consultation in this institution is on average 3-4 thousand rubles, depending on the specialization. To get an examination with Professor Puchkov, you will have to pay 6,200 rubles, and for a consultation of doctors - from 8,000 to 25,000 rubles.
Diagnostic procedures that are carried out here can hardly be called cheap, if we take their average cost in Moscow. For example, for an ultrasound of the mammary glands at the SwissClinic (Swiss University Hospital) they will be asked to pay 3,000 rubles, and for a comprehensive endoscopic examination, which includes gastroscopy and colonoscopy with sedation, - 19,550 rubles.
As for treatment, the medical center on Nikoloyamskaya is one of the institutions where you can undergo photodynamic therapy for oncological diseases. The price of one course starts from 50 thousand rubles. Excision of hemorrhoids, anal fissure or fistula on average costs patients 75-100 thousand rubles. For a biopsy of the prostate will requireapproximately 60 thousand rubles.
How to get an appointment?
Admission at the university clinic surgeons carry out by appointment. You can choose the right time to visit the doctor by phone. The administrator will give information on the cost of any service of interest and tell you about the preparation for a medical or diagnostic procedure.
The medical center is open every day, including weekends and holidays, from 8:00 to 22:00. This means that patients do not have to wait for the right moment to get help. Once again, we indicate the address of the Swiss University Clinic: Moscow, st. Nikoloyamskaya, 19, building 1. You can get there both by public transport, walking 10 minutes from the Taganskaya metro station, and by private car.
Positive patient feedback
Reviews about the clinic are useful information, because the choice of a medical institution plays an important, if not a key role in the fight against serious diseases. It depends on the level of the clinic how comfortable the treatment will be, how much effort, nerves, money and time will be spent on the process itself. In Moscow SwissClinic (university clinic) is one of the best medical institutions, but based on the reviews, it has not only pluses, but also minuses.
Compared to public hospitals, the level of service is much higher here, there is no pandemonium and corruption. And although specialists from budgetary polyclinics do not charge patients for consultations or ultrasounds, there is a whole list of diseases that cannot be treated.program of compulsory he alth insurance, and if provided, the quality of service leaves much to be desired. That is why patients choose a private clinic, namely the Swiss University Hospital.
Judging by the reviews, many with a calm heart lie down for operations at SwissClinic, trusting a team of professionals with the most valuable thing they have - life and he alth. An important advantage in choosing a clinic is the equipment of the medical institution and the opportunity to receive the entire range of services in one place. The Swiss University Hospital has all the necessary equipment for a diagnostic examination.
The convenient location of the clinic is another important advantage. The building is located in the center of Moscow, within walking distance from the metro station, which is especially important for people with limited free time.
If we evaluate various parameters of the institution, including the condition of the building inside, repairs in the wards, the quality of treatment, food for inpatients, the attitude of staff towards patients, the Swiss clinic could be given a solid five. But since certain criteria have different priorities for each patient, it is not easy to give an objective assessment of the level of service.
The presence of highly specialized specialists in the staff is also a big plus for the clinic. By contacting a specialized medical center, the patient has the opportunity to consult a doctor of the relevant speci alty and, if necessary, immediately undergo an examination.
What causes dissatisfaction
Reading the reviewsother patients, it is important to keep cool and try not to attach too much importance to overly emotional statements. This applies to both positive and negative feedback. In addition, it is important to always remain objective in your assessment. Sometimes some minor flaw (for example, a hard mattress or a nurse who is too strict) negates the work of all the staff, so you need to take into account the versatile characteristics of the medical center.
The most common reason for writing a negative review about the SwissClinic is the high cost of the service. For some patients, this factor is of paramount importance. When undergoing treatment in this medical facility, you need to be prepared that any attempt to save money will fail. If you believe the reviews, the difference between the preliminary amount of treatment and the final bill can be 100,000 rubles.
Users feel that they are forced into this clinic for additional expensive procedures that could be dispensed with. It is possible that the high prices are a strategic step that the management is taking in order to position the clinic as an institution exclusively for we althy patients.
And although the clinic's website states that the appointment is by appointment, in reality everything happens a little differently. According to reviews, there is often a situation where patients have to wait for a doctor for several hours.
The bureaucratic approach to paperwork is another big minusfor SwissClinic. To get to the doctor, you need to spend the lion's share of time each time filling out various questionnaires and piles of papers. Also in the reviews there are comments about the dubious legal status of the institution. Some users, applying to the tax office with documents for personal income tax reimbursement for treatment (all officially employed citizens have the right to return part of the taxes), were surprised when they learned that, for example, the operation was documented as a consulting service. In addition, the Swiss University Hospital does not always hand over payment documents - patients have to demand checks and receipts, copies of test results and expert opinions.
The staff responds to patients' questions with a rude, boorish and impudent tone - this is how the patients of the Swiss clinic write. The majority also question the competence of nurses who are not able to perform elementary manipulations the first time.
After receiving a consultation, it is not at all necessary to be treated in this clinic or with this particular doctor. If the patient has any doubts about the diagnosis or the treatment methods proposed by the specialist cause concern, it is better to contact another institution and find out what other doctors think about this.
