Dr. Gerhard Prager, Vorsitzender des wissenschaftlichen Beirats für bariatrische Chirurgie bei der IFSO, hat über 3.000 bariatrische Operationen mit fortschrittlichen Techniken durchgeführt. Eine Schlauchmagen-Operation kostet in der Regel etwa 15.100–20.800 $. Die Klinik bietet einen multidisziplinären Ansatz mit Endokrinologen, Psychologen und Ernährungsberatern für eine umfassende Betreuung.
Wiener Privatklinik is a private hospital in Austria. Prof. Rainer Kotz is the Medical Director of the Clinic. Wiener Privatklinik has the connection with some Nobel Prize winners. Among them Theodor Billroth, Robert Barany, Karl Landsteiner, Konrad Lorenz, Otto Loewi, Karl Ritter von Frisch. Sigmund Freud was practicing in the Clinic.
\nUniv.-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Prager zählt zu den weltweit führenden Adipositas-Chirurgen und ist ehemaliger Weltpräsident der IFSO. Mit über 9.900 durchgeführten Eingriffen und mehr als 435 wissenschaftlichen Publikationen steht er an der internationalen Spitze der bariatrischen und metabolischen Chirurgie. Er absolvierte die Universität Wien und absolvierte seine Ausbildung an der Medizinischen Universität Wien, wobei er sich auf minimalinvasive und laparoskopische Techniken konzentrierte.
\n\nEr ist als leitender Berater an der Wiener Privatklinik tätig und führt fortschrittliche Verfahren zur Behandlung von Adipositas, Refluxkrankheit, Hernien und gastrointestinalen Krebserkrankungen durch. Sein akademischer Beitrag umfasst umfangreiche Forschungen zur metabolischen Regulation und zu den Ergebnissen der bariatrischen Chirurgie, und er war Hauptredner auf internationalen Konferenzen.
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\nDie Operation verkleinert den Magen und kontrolliert die Nahrungsaufnahme zur Gewichtsreduktion. Es ist weniger invasiv mit schnelleren Erholungsphasen.
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