Julie De Deken

Specialist in Visceral Surgery with dedicated focus on hernia surgery and abdominal wall reconstruction, committed to advancing expertise in this subspecialty.

• EHS - Advisory Committee for Quality Member
• EHS Member
• Deutsche Herniengesellschaft (German Hernia Society)

• GCP certificate 2021
• FIFA diploma in football medicine, 2019
• Young Talent Award, Association of Surgeons in Saarland, 2017
• Medical German C1, Universität Freiburg, 2015
• German B2, Goethe Institut, 2013
• FELASA C - Expert laboratory animal leader, KU Leuven, 2015

• National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. Global access to technologies to support safe and effective inguinal hernia surgery: prospective, international cohort study. British Journal of Surgery 2024, Volume 111
• NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. Access to and quality of elective care: a prospective cohort study using hernia surgery as a tracer condition in 83 countries. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Jul;12(7):e1094-e1103.
• ESCP EAGLE Safe Anastomosis Collaborative and NIHR Global Health Research Unit in Surgery. Evaluation of a quality improvement intervention to reduce anastomotic leak following right colectomy (EAGLE): pragmatic, batched stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized trial in 64 countries. British Journal of Surgery 2024, Volume 111, Issue 1
• De Deken J, Stavrou GA. Primary adenocarcinoma of an ileostomy in a Crohn patient: a case report. Journal of Surgical Case Reports 2022, Volume 2022, Issue 12
• Sahan I, Blatt LA, De Deken J, Anagnostakos K, Meyer C. Reconstruction of the first metacarpal bone with an autologous non-vascularized fibular graft after enchondroma resection. Hand Surg Rehabil. 2021 Apr 24:S2468-1229(21)00120-1
• Sahan I, De Deken J, Anagnostakos K. Bilateral Femoral Neck Fracture in a Postpartum Woman: Beware of the Risk Factors. Case Rep Orthop. 2019 Jun 24;2019:4134351.
• De Deken J, Rex S, Lerut E, Martinet W, Monbaliu D, Pirenne J, Jochmans I. Postconditioning effects of argon or xenon on early graft function in a porcine model of kidney autotransplantation. Br J Surg. 2018 Jul;105(8):1051-1060.
• De Deken J, Rex S, Monbaliu D, Pirenne J, Jochmans I. The Efficacy of Noble Gases in the Attenuation of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses. Crit Care Med. 2016 Sep;44(9):e886-96.
• De Deken J, Kocabayoglu P, Moers C. Hypothermic machine perfusion in kidney transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2016 Jun;21(3):294-300.