Multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the upper and lower digestive tract, pancreas, liver and biliary tract; endoscopy of the gastrointestinal tract.

The main areas of interest include:

• acute and chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cystic tumors,
• liver and bile duct diseases,
• gastrointestinal bleeding,
• Helicobacter pylori infection,
• gastroesophageal reflux disease,
• inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease and Clostridium difficile infections,
• gastrointestinal tumors,
• benign and malignant obstruction of the upper and lower alimentary tract,
• benign and malignant obstruction of the pancreatic and biliary ducts.

Our department has developed particular expertise in the treatment of pancreatitis including sequelae of acute pancreatitis such as walled-off pancreatic necrosis, drainage of pancreatic fluid collections and treating complications of portal hypertension.

The Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit performs a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy as well as highly specialized interventions such as

• therapeutic cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with endoscopic sphincterotomy, biliary and pancreatic duct stone removal, biliary and pancreatic duct stenting;
• endoscopic treatment of acute pancreatitis complications including walled off pancreatic necrosis;
• drainage of pancreatic fluid collections;
• [endoscopic treatment of upper and lower GI hemorrhage].