Hernia Surgery Abroad: Lithuania
Leading medical tourism clinic
We are the leading medical tourism clinic in the Baltic region with over 10 years of experience. We are proud of the fact that around 90% of our patients come from abroad: the UK, Ireland and Scandinavian countries – this is the area we specialise in and our processes have been adapted to cater specifically for patients from abroad. Our team of surgeons perform over 4.000 surgeries per year, mostly plastic, bariatric, orthopaedic, general and gynecological surgeries.
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Prices
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- Hiatal hernia (Anti-reflux surgery) – from 2.850 £ | or 750 £ with S2 funding* | or FREE with bariatric surgery
- Umbilical hernia – from 1.600 £ | or from 750 £*
- Inguinal hernia – from 1.750 £ (from 920 £*)
- Abdominal wall hernia – from 1.420 £ (from 580 £*)
- Epigastric hernia – from 2.000 £ (from 1.170 £*)
*Your surgery can be partly funded via the S2 funding route (read more in the next tab)
Regular consultations with Prof. Almantas Maleckas in London
- accommodation with medical care – from 62 £ per night
The S2 route may entitle you to NHS funding for planned state healthcare treatment in Lithuania. You can save up to 80% for the hernia surgery. Contact our customer service for more information:
- Hiatal hernia (Anti-reflux surgery):
- from 2.850 £ without S2 funding
- from 750 £ with S2 funding
- Umbilical hernia:
- from 1.600 £ without S2 funding
- from 750 £ with S2 funding
- Inguinal hernia:
- from 1.750 £ without S2 funding
- from 920 £ with S2 funding
- Abdominal wall hernia:
- from 1.420 £ without S2 funding
- from 580 £ without S2 funding
- Epigastric hernia:
- from 2.000 £ without S2 funding
- from 1.170 £ with S2 funding
Get your surgery for free by claiming a refund from your local health board. We cooperate with HSE and other health boards across the EU to help our Irish and EU patients receive a refund for their weight loss surgery in Lithuania. The clinic helps with the documents needed to claim a refund after following the EU directive route for medical treatment abroad.
Regular price:
- consultation with the surgeon and anaesthesiologist
- all the necessary health tests before and after the surgery
- surgery
- anaesthesia
- hospital stay (1-3 days) with 24 hours medical care
- 24/7 personal assistance during your stay
- transfers to / from the airport, hotel and clinic
Please note that the price of the surgery itself is provisional and may be accurately assessed only after the evaluation of each individual case.
The default currency at our clinic is EUR, so if you were looking at prices in GBP it may vary depending on GBP / EUR exchange rate at the moment of payment.
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Get your surgery for free by claiming a refund from your local health board. The clinic helps patients with the documents needed to claim a refund after following the EU directive route for medical treatment abroad. It applies to patients who are insured under the systems of one of the EU countries and may not get the surgery due to long waiting times.
Our surgeon
- Our surgeon Linas Venclauskas with over 15 years’ of experience
- Specialises in minimally invasive surgery, surgical treatment of the upper gastrointestinal tract and bariatric surgery
- Associate Professor at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
- President of the Kaunas Society of Surgeons
- A member of the European Hernia Society
- Chairman of the Lithuanian Society of Hernia Surgery
11 reasons that make us the most popular bariatric clinic abroad
Our team of 3 bariatric surgeons has 15-20 years of experience in the field in total performing over 500 different bariatric surgeries per year. Moreover, our surgeons are members of various prestigious surgical societies both Lithuanian and international. Our leading bariatric surgeon Dr Almantas Maleckas has performed more than 7.000 bariatric surgeries. He is fluent in four languages, among which English and Swedish. The surgeon has been regularly working in Sweden for over 15 years. Dr Maleckas is a pioneer of laparoscopic surgery in Eastern Europe and has trained many other bariatric surgeons in the region.
We are one of the leading bariatric surgery clinics for medical tourists in the European Union. We are proud of the fact that over 90 % of our patients come from the UK, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and other countries.
We are trusted by our patients and we appreciate all the reviews and feedback collected over the years. Find testimonials here or on Google.
Already more than 5.000 of our former, current and future patients joined our online community with the aim to build a space for opinions and mutual support. Members are welcome to share experiences about their visit to the clinic and to discuss all surgery-related matters.
We offer a 5-year follow-up which includes being able to get in touch with our Lithuanian dietitian Karolina. She is consulting patients after surgery and is available upon request to answer postoperative nutritional questions for five years after surgery.
Our clinic is the only clinic that has developed its own app designed specifically for bariatric patients – Bariatric IQ. The most useful feature of this app is special bariatric diet recommendations based on a particular product, a patient’s gender, time after surgery and other factors. Such a feature has not been replicated by any other bariatric apps in the world. Read more and download the app on your IOS or Android smartphone here.
Our clinic works according to the highest standards set by the European Union. This helps to guarantee the quality of medical services. We care about the safety, comfort and successful results of our patients from all over the world.
The clinic helps patients with the documents needed to claim a refund after following the EU directive route for medical treatment abroad. It applies to patients who are insured under the systems of one of the EU countries and may not get the surgery due to long waiting times.
We provide customer service in 9 foreign languages including English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Spanish, French, Russian, Polish. Everyone in our clinic speaks English, including nurses, assistants and the surgeon.
Combining different plastic surgery procedures to offer optimal treatment for post-bariatric patients has been our plastic surgery department’s specialisation for many years now. We have performed such surgeries for more than 10.000 patients to this date. Since weight loss patients often require multiple surgical procedures to address excess skin, surgery planning and surgeons’ experience are very important. We carefully select patients, evaluate each case individually, and only agree to combine surgeries within health & safety limits. Our team of 9 plastic surgeons performs more than 3.000 plastic operations a year, a number that no other clinic in Central & Eastern Europe can match.
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What is hernia?
A hernia is a protrusion of an organ through the weakest part of the muscles or connective tissue of the abdominal wall. Hernias are provoked by a combination of factors – increased intra-abdominal pressure and the weakness of the abdominal wall muscles or fascia. Therefore, the main risk factors associated with hernias are obesity, pregnancy, chronic cough or constipation, connective tissue disorders, as well as older age, smoking, family history of hernia and physical exertion.
Types and symptoms of hernia
The most common types of hernia include inguinal, femoral, incisional and umbilical hernias.
Inguinal hernias occur in the groin and are divided into two groups: indirect and direct hernias. Indirect inguinal hernia protrudes through the internal inguinal ring to the inguinal canal and follows the course of the spermatic cord. Direct hernias bulge straight through the defect of the lower abdominal wall muscles. Inguinal hernias are more common among men.
Femoral hernia occurs just below the inguinal ligament, with the protrusion of the abdominal contents into the femoral canal. This type of hernia affects more women than men.
Incisional hernia develops at the surgical incision site made for a previous abdominal surgery. It is more likely to occur if the wound has not healed well (e.g. there was a surgical site infection).
Umbilical hernia involves a protrusion of the abdominal contents through the navel. It often occurs in obese or pregnant women or new-borns.
Overall, abdominal wall hernias have a variety of clinical presentations depending upon their location. Generally, there are no symptoms except a painless bulge varying in size. However, hernias may cause discomfort or increased pain when standing up or stretching.
Treatment
Whatever type of hernia a person has, it is recommended to consider a proper and timely treatment. It is suggested to treat hernias to prevent obstruction of the herniated intestine or strangulation of the protruded tissue. There are two ways to treat hernias.
- First is a non-invasive treatment where special devices and medications designed to keep the protruded tissue within the abdominal cavity are used. This type of treatment is rarely recommended by experienced doctors because of the high rate of failure.
- The second and more sustainable way to treat hernia is an invasive one – a surgery. The way the surgery is carried out may be an open surgery where the abdominal cavity is cut open or it may be a laparoscopic – this is a less invasive method where the surgeon makes a couple of incisions in the abdominal wall and performs the procedure using special instruments. The principle of either way of surgery type is the same – to restore the integrity of the abdominal wall and to reduce the mass of the protruded tissue. To do so, the mass of the hernia is pushed into the abdominal cavity and the weak part of the abdominal wall muscles is either mended with sutures or covered up with special mesh prosthesis without using the tension. The latter is said to be a longer lasting way to surgically treat the hernia.
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