Conditions treated and cured in this ward

Gastroenterology regards many different competencies and areas because of the continuous progress of therapies and diagnostic methods, often considered in a multidisciplinary way with pancreatic, hepatic and colorectal surgeons.

We follow patients with necessity of paracentesis, hepatic or pancreatic, percutaneous and ultrasound or CT guided needle biopsies or through endoscopic ultrasound, placement of biliary, duodenal and sigmoid stents, pneumatic dilation of achalasia, endoscopic ultrasound drainage of pancreatic cysts, placement and managing of nasogastric tubes, naso-jejunal tubes and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) for nutrition purposes, TNF-antagonist infusion.

Main conditions treated

Conditions treated and cured in this ward

These are some of the conditions treated in this ward:

• Digestive bleeding caused by stomach or duodenal ulcers
• Chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and relative complication
• Oesophageal achalasia, oesophageal spasm, gastroesophageal reflux if complicated
• Malabsorption, short gut syndrome, intestinal pseudo-obstruction
• Irritable bowel syndrome, chronic diarrhoea
• Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis)
• Acute and chronic pancreatitis, pancreas endocrine and exocrine insufficiency
• Cystic or solid pancreatic neoplasms
• Diagnosis, staging, eventual therapy or endoscopic palliation of digestive system neoplasms