Liver
Liver resections, primary tumors and metastases.
The Center
Founded on a single demand: total coordination.
Treating cancer today requires full synergy between medical disciplines.
The center was founded on this requirement for coordination by Dr Emmanuel Melloul, a specialist in surgical oncology and hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery, founding member and president of the Swiss HPBA (Swiss Chapter of the IHPBA).
By bringing these skills together within a state-of-the-art environment, we offer our patients a complete assessment and individualized treatment strategies that meet the most recent international standards.
Infrastructure
A first-rate medical environment.
Most procedures take place within the Hirslanden group in Lausanne. Selected procedures can also be performed at Clinique de La Source or Clinique de Genolier, where Dr Melloul is likewise accredited. Latest-generation operating rooms and a highly certified intensive care unit: the safety and comfort of the patient are our absolute priority.
Technical environment
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Latest-generation operating rooms
Perioperative safety
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Certified intensive care unit
Surgical techniques
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Minimally invasive and robotic approaches
Our approach
Every clinical situation is discussed in a multidisciplinary meeting in line with international recommendations.
Discussion comes before decision. Cases are assessed collectively, then managed according to protocols designed to speed recovery safely.
Coordination
Weekly multidisciplinary meetings
Cases are discussed each week at the clinic: surgeons, oncologists, pathologists, gastroenterologists and radiologists together determine the most appropriate treatment, before any procedure.
Recovery
ERAS protocols
Enhanced recovery after surgery, led by an active member of the international ERAS Society, shortens and improves convalescence in complete safety.
Expertise
Digestive cancer surgery, organ by organ.
The center treats surgical conditions of the liver, pancreas, bile ducts and gallbladder, stomach, colon and rectum, with rigorous command of the most advanced techniques.
Pancreas
Complex pancreatic surgery, at the core of hepato-pancreato-biliary expertise.
Bile ducts
Surgical treatment of biliary tumors.
Stomach
Surgical treatment of gastric tumors.
Colon
Colonic cancer surgery, with minimally invasive approaches preferred.
Rectum
Rectal cancer surgery, with organ and functional preservation as the goal.
Minimally invasive approaches
Robotic surgery
Goal: preserving quality of life
Find your way
Two paths, one center.
CICOD serves those it treats as much as those who entrust them to us. Choose your entry point: the care pathway for patients, or referral arrangements for physicians.
I am a patient
Understand your pathway
Every step explained clearly: consultation, preoperative work-up, surgery, rehabilitation and dedicated contacts.
Go to the patient area I am a physicianRefer a patient
Referral arrangements, secure transfer of records, direct contact details and a commitment to a prompt response from our office.
Referring physicians area