Honor: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Martin Hürtgen Receives the Leading Medicine Guide 2021 Seal

In 2021, he once again received the coveted seal of approval from the Leading Medicine Guide: Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Martin Hürtgen, Chief of the Department of Thoracic Surgery at the Catholic Hospital in Koblenz, is an experienced thoracic surgeon with over thirty years of experience in high-performance medicine. He gained international recognition for developing a minimally invasive surgical technique that opened up entirely new possibilities for the treatment of lung cancer.

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Koblenz, May 2021 – Together with a highly competent team, Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Martin Hürtgen specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the chest and lungs. These include, for example, tumors of the chest wall, fluid buildup in the pleural cavity, inflammation, and complex lung collapses.

With the Leading Medicine Guide seal, this renowned specialist is being honored for his overall contributions to the field of thoracic surgery. He also has another area of expertise that has secured him a permanent place in the history of medicine: When it comes to lung cancer surgery, PD Dr. Hürtgen is not only familiar with the most innovative surgical techniques —he has even developed a particularly promising minimally invasive method that avoids the need for a full thoracotomy and has thus opened up entirely new treatment possibilities: VAMLA—video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy.

Innovative Surgical Procedure – The Art of Minimally Invasive Surgery

The VAMLA surgical procedure for removing lymph nodes is usually performed for diagnostic purposes when bronchial carcinoma is suspected. “The technique of systematic video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy (VAMLA),” as stated in the Wikipedia entry on this famous procedure, “is comparable in precision to open lymphadenectomy but can be performed pretherapeutically and in a minimally invasive manner.”

Award Ceremony: Recognition of a Unique Career

In this way, PD Dr. Hürtgen achieves something rare: he combines a thoroughly patient-centered clinical practice—including at the interdisciplinary lung cancer center—with research and teaching. On the one hand, his clinic regularly participates in medical studies in which various patient groups, at their own request, benefit from novel treatments and medications, which improves their chances of recovery. On the other hand, the specialist is himself actively engaged in research—as evidenced by an impressive list of publications in which he shares his groundbreaking findings with the professional community. Because one thing has remained unchanged throughout his more than three decades as a specialist: For Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Martin Hürtgen, patients always come first.

Incidentally, potential patients also benefit from this certification: It ensures that this outstanding thoracic surgeon will continue to be listed on the leading online medical portal.

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