Considering private surgery abroad? Meliva Kardiolita Hospital Kaunas offers UK patients a choice of MMG Treatment Packages spanning knee and ligament procedures, weight-loss surgery and cosmetic treatment. Part of Lithuania’s wider Meliva network, it brings specialist consultations, diagnostics, surgery and recovery services together in Kaunas. This week’s Saturday Spotlight looks at the treatments currently available through My Medical Gateway and the practical questions to ask before choosing a hospital or package.
Kaunas has already featured in our Saturday Spotlight series as the home of Nordorthopaedics, a specialist orthopaedic provider. Meliva Kardiolita Hospital Kaunas offers a different proposition: a multidisciplinary hospital with MMG packages across three treatment areas.
That distinction matters when choosing care abroad. A hospital may offer many services, but patients need to know which procedures they can actually research and book through MMG. At present, Meliva Kaunas lists 13 procedures on the platform: three orthopaedic, two general surgery and eight cosmetic or corrective surgery options.
Knee and ligament surgery
For someone living with a knee injury, the first question is whether surgery is appropriate at all. Meliva Kaunas offers MMG packages for ACL reconstruction, ACL repair and knee arthroscopy. Dr Edvinas Pranevičius, listed on the hospital’s MMG page, specialises in sports injuries and arthroscopic surgery.
The right procedure depends on the injury, the patient’s symptoms and a specialist’s assessment. An ACL repair and an ACL reconstruction are different operations; knee arthroscopy may be considered for a different problem altogether. Patients should therefore start with their diagnosis and imaging, then ask the hospital to explain the proposed treatment and recovery plan.
Weight-loss surgery
Meliva Kaunas also lists gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy packages. Professor Antanas Mickevičius, a specialist in abdominal, bariatric and metabolic surgery, is among the surgeons presented on its MMG page.
Weight-loss surgery requires more than choosing between two procedure names or comparing prices. Suitability, possible risks, dietary changes and longer-term follow-up all need discussion with the clinical team. A prospective patient should understand why a particular procedure has been recommended for them and what support will be needed after returning home.
Cosmetic and corrective procedures
The hospital’s MMG range includes breast augmentation and breast lift, rhinoplasty and septo-rhinoplasty, tummy tuck, arm lift, facelift and neck lift. Its listed specialists include plastic and reconstructive surgeons Dr Ernest Zacharevskij and Dr Mindaugas Kazanavičius.
Here, too, the consultation matters as much as the procedure name. Patients should discuss the result they hope to achieve, what surgery can realistically do, the expected recovery period and the arrangements for follow-up. The details of the chosen Treatment Package should be clear before any commitment is made.
Choosing the complete treatment journey
Travelling for surgery adds practical questions to the usual clinical ones. Who will review your records before travel? How long will you stay in hospital? What care is included immediately after the operation? Whom will you contact about a concern once you are back in the UK?
MMG’s fixed-price Treatment Packages make it possible to compare the treatments currently listed at Meliva Kaunas, but the inclusions vary by procedure. Flights, accommodation outside the hospital and UK diagnostic tests are separate costs, each carefully calculated by MMG’s AI platform assistant. Patients should review the package details and discuss any uncertainty with the hospital before selecting one of three dates offered by the hospital immediately after a patient is cleared for treatment.
Meliva Kaunas is part of a larger Lithuanian healthcare network, InMedica, which is owned by the Finnish healthcare group Mehiläinen. Its value to an MMG patient comes down to something specific: an appropriate surgeon, a clearly explained procedure and a recovery plan they understand. Those are the questions worth answering before making the journey.
Explore Meliva Kaunas
If you are considering knee or ACL surgery, weight-loss surgery or a cosmetic procedure, visit Meliva Kardiolita Hospital Kaunas on My Medical Gateway. You can review its current Treatment Packages, prices and specialists, then decide whether to take the next step towards a clinical assessment.
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