We can help you with excess weight

We offer a specialized consultation service on an individual basis for patients with metabolic problems of various kinds. Our focus is on the areas of  overweight, obesity, preliminary clarification and follow-up care after obesity surgery, diabetes, blood lipid metabolism disorders and osteoporosis.

We can rely on the modern infrastructure of Klinik Hirslanden and specialists from all disciplines in the immediate vicinity of the practice, which helps to save time during investigations and avoid unnecessary travel. Patients of all insurance classes can be treated by us both in outpatient consultations and as inpatients. Good cooperation with the family doctor is very important to us.

SPECIAL AREAS

• Overweight & obesity
• Obesity surgery
• Diabetes
• Osteoporosis
• Blood lipid metabolism disorders
• Gastric bypass
• Tubular stomach

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

• Preoperative assessment and follow-up after obesity surgery (bariatric surgery) according to the guidelines required by the SMOB (Swiss Study Group for Morbid Obesity)
• Preoperative clarifications with lung function, bicycle ergometry and blood sampling
• 24-hour blood pressure measurement
• Oral lactose tolerance test to clarify an existing lactose intolerance
• Oral glucose tolerance test to clarify diabetes mellitus  
• Measurement of the basal metabolic rate
• Measurement of body composition with BIA (bio-impedance analysis)
• Sonography of the abdomen and thyroid
• Foot consultation for diabetic foot syndrome. Interdisciplinary collaboration with specialists from vascular surgery, angiology and infectious diseases
• Care for patients of all insurance classes hospitalized at the Hirslanden Clinic

• Nutritional advice from qualified nutritionists FH (subject to health insurance coverage)