{"id":29095,"date":"2023-04-05T12:16:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T12:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/?page_id=29095"},"modified":"2025-02-05T07:07:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T07:07:44","slug":"gastroenterology-clinic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/hospitals-and-centers\/heart-and-brain-center-of-excellence-pleven\/clinics-and-departments\/gastroenterology-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Gastroenterology"},"content":{"rendered":"
[mk_page_section bg_color=”#1e73be” padding_top=”40″ padding_bottom=”40″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#ffffff” size=”48″ force_font_size=”true” size_tablet=”40″ font_weight=”400″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_top=”15″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Open+Sans” font_type=”google” align=”center” animation=”top-to-bottom”]Gastroenterology[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1681131710327{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]About the clinic:<\/strong>
\nThe Gastroenterology clinic has a young, ambitious and highly qualified team of capable, complementary doctors with advanced knowledge and modern approach in the field of gastroenterology. The inpatient unit has eight inpatient rooms with 2, 3 and 5 beds. In the Clinic there are an ultrasound room and the endoscopy section where interventional endoscopic procedures are performed.<\/p>\n

Activities:<\/strong>
\nThe Gastroenterology clinic carries out activities in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and follow-up of the whole range of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver diseases and diseases of the pancreas and biliary system.<\/p>\n

The clinic has the latest generation of modern diagnostic high-tech equipment enabling the doctors for the most up-to-date complex approach in the diagnosis and treatment of patients according to the latest world standards.<\/p>\n

It is also equipped with a state-of-the-art Philips EPQ 7 ultrasound scanner, a state-of-the-art Fuji Film high-definition HD endoscopy unit and a C-arm retina machine.<\/p>\n

The following diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are performed:<\/p>\n

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  1. Diagnostic upper and lower endoscopy with routine application of virtual chromoendoscopy;<\/li>\n
  2. Endoscopic polypectomy and argon-plasma coagulation;<\/li>\n
  3. Endoscopic hemostasis \/injection, thermal and mechanical\/ in bleeding lesions of esophagus, stomach, duodenum;<\/li>\n
  4. Endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection for removal of early premalignant lesions of esophagus, stomach, colon;<\/li>\n
  5. Endoscopic placement of gastrostomies;<\/li>\n
  6. Endoscopic prosthesis with self-expanding metal prostheses for malignant obstruction;<\/li>\n
  7. Balloon dilatation of esophagus under endoscopic control;<\/li>\n
  8. Esophageal variceal ligation;<\/li>\n
  9. Endoscopic treatment of anastomotic insufficiencies and fistulas;Endoscopic extraction of foreign bodies from the GIT;<\/li>\n
  10. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and related therapeutic interventions:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    • papillosphincterotomy, balloon dilatation of papilla Fateri;<\/li>\n
    • extraction of concrements from the bile ducts, mechanical lithotripsy;<\/li>\n
    • Endocopeal prosthetics with plastic and self-expanding metal prostheses;<\/li>\n
    • intraductal biopsy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      1. Diagnostic and therapeutic echoendoscopy:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        • Characteristics and staging of subepithelial GIT lesions;<\/li>\n
        • Diagnostic refinement of pancreatic cystic neoplasms, solid tumors of the pancreas and periampullary tumors;<\/li>\n
        • Fine needle biopsy under echoendoscopic control for histological and\/or cytological verification, sparing exploratory surgical interventions.<\/li>\n
        • Drainage in pancreatic pseudocysts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          1. Ultrasound of abdominal organs and retroperitoneum<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            • conventional and Doppler ultrasonography;<\/li>\n
            • contrast-enhanced ultrasonography;<\/li>\n
            • non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis – elastography;<\/li>\n
            • performing percutaneous biopsies under ultrasound control;<\/li>\n
            • performing percutaneous drainages under ultrasonographic control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              The Gastroenterology clinic works together with the Clinic of Surgery in the field of so-called hybrid surgery. Intraoperative ultrasonography, endoscopic assisted laparoscopic surgery of the stomach, colon and biliary system are performed.[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”120″][mk_employees column=”4″ rounded_image=”false” grayscale_image=”false” count=”-1″ order=”ASC” orderby=”menu_order” categories=”hb-pleven-gastroenterology-bg”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              [mk_page_section bg_color=”#1e73be” padding_top=”40″ padding_bottom=”40″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#ffffff” size=”48″ force_font_size=”true” size_tablet=”40″ font_weight=”400″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_top=”15″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Open+Sans” font_type=”google” align=”center” animation=”top-to-bottom”]Gastroenterology[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1681131710327{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]About the clinic: The Gastroenterology clinic has a young, ambitious and highly qualified team of capable, complementary doctors with advanced knowledge and modern approach in the field of gastroenterology. The inpatient unit has eight inpatient […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7579,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29095","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29095"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50121,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29095\/revisions\/50121"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}