Medical treatment in Lithuania

Surgery on hips, knees, shoulders, feet, ankles and hands in Kaunas, as well as varicose-vein treatment. Before you travel, you can send your X-rays or MRI for a free review by a surgeon. Transfers between the airport, your accommodation and your appointments are arranged, and you can recover in apartments in central Kaunas where a nurse visits every day. Physiotherapy is available after surgery, and the surgeon checks your follow-up X-rays after a joint replacement.

In Lithuania, transfers between the airport, your accommodation and the clinic are arranged for you, and so is accommodation in Kaunas for the length of your stay. A personal coordinator is there for practical questions during your trip. You can also have an online consultation before you travel. Aftercare is arranged too, and your offer shows whether follow-up is included.

An interpreter and visa support are not among the services in Lithuania. When you describe your case, the assistant asks whether you need accommodation and an airport transfer, and which language you are most comfortable communicating in. Your answers are part of your request for offers.

All treatment in Lithuania takes place in Kaunas, so your whole stay is in one city, whether you fly into Kaunas or Vilnius. The accommodation arranged for you is in central Kaunas.

How long you stay depends on your procedure. Each procedure page shows the typical time at the destination, and your clinic confirms the dates in its offer. When the assistant asks how many days you can spend abroad, choose the option that really fits your plans. If someone travels with you, plan their flights and stay as well.

Kaunas has its own international airport, with direct flights from a number of European cities. Vilnius Airport, the country's main airport, has more connections. It is about 100 km from Kaunas by motorway, and buses and trains run between the two cities. Once you confirm an offer, you add your flight to your roadmap first and then the transfer, so the pickup is planned for the airport you land at and your arrival time. Your offer shows whether the clinic includes a transfer.

Lithuania uses summer time. It is on GMT+2 in winter and GMT+3 in summer, so the time difference with home can change during the year. The time zone shown on this page is the current one.

Lithuania is part of the Schengen area, so a short visit follows the common Schengen visa rules. Whether you need a visa depends on your citizenship. The official visa link on this page opens the European Commission's page on Schengen visa policy, where you can check the rules that apply to your passport. If anything is unclear, the Lithuanian embassy or consulate that serves your country can confirm what applies to you.

Visa support is not among the services in Lithuania, so if you need a visa, apply for it yourself and leave enough time before your dates. Pack your passport or ID card, your medical records and scans, a list of the medications you take and your offer.

Most procedures offered in Lithuania are in orthopaedics and joint replacement: hip, knee and shoulder replacement; arthroscopy of the knee, hip and shoulder; knee ligament reconstruction; surgery on the foot, ankle, hand, wrist and elbow; limb alignment; and joint injections. Vein treatment covers a consultation with a Doppler scan, laser ablation, sclerotherapy and vein surgery. In the rehabilitation area, Lithuania offers physiotherapy and rehab programmes.

Open an area to see its procedures and how a trip for them usually works. If you know the area but not the exact procedure, choose "Not sure yet" under it when you describe your case. The clinic looks at the details of your case before it makes you an offer.