Gastroscopy is a basic and quite common examination in the field of gastroenterology. It is a method to examine the upper part of the digestive tract, which consists of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum.
This examination is carried out with the help of an endoscope, which is a flexible instrument in the form of a thin tube and equipped with a video-optical system. With this system, the gastroenterologist can see and evaluate the inner surface of the digestive tract.
Gastroscopy as an examination lasts only a few minutes, while it does not cause pain despite the fact that it can be described as an unpleasant examination for the patient.
Through gastroscopy, diagnoses such as:
Gastritis.
GERD.
Ulcers of the esophagus, stomach, duodenum.
Benign or malignant tumors.
Varicose veins of the esophagus, stomach (Hepatic Cirrhosis).
However, gastroscopy is also used for other therapeutic treatments, such as:
Removal of polyps.
Expansion of esophageal or pyloric stenoses (outgoing part of the stomach into the small intestine).
Removal of foreign bodies swallowed by the patient such as fish gills, various nuclei, metal objects.
Dr. Walter Piubello, gastroenterologist, will be at SALUS Hospital this week to receive patients suffering from the following pathologies and not only:
• Biliary calculi (of the gall bladder and bile ducts).
• Hepatic cirrhosis and complications.
• Chronic hepatitis.
• Chronic inflammatory diseases of the digestive system (Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis).
• Acute and chronic pancreatitis.
• Irritable bowel syndrome IBS.
• Constipation or chronic constipation.
• Diverticular disease.
• Acute and chronic pathologies of the esophagus and stomach.
• Digestive endoscopy.
• Diagnostic and operative esophago-gastroduodenoscopy.
• Diagnostic and operative colonoscopy.
• Polypectomy of polyps of the upper tract.
• Polypectomy of colon polyps.
• Gastro-intestinal hemorrhage.
• Treatment of esophageal varices.
• Diagnostic and operative biliopancreatic endoscopy.
• ERCP.
• Positioning of permanent and temporary prostheses in stenoses of the digestive tract.
• Pneumatic balloon treatments of stenoses of the digestive system.
• Positioning of the percutaneous PEG gastrostomy.
To book an appointment with Dr. Walter Piubello, contact at:
📲+355 682053180 / + 42390500
📍Address: 16 Vidhe Gjata Street, Tirana
🌐www.salus.al
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