LIV HOSPITAL surgeons provide patients with minimally invasive procedures whenever possible. They use laparoscopic surgery to make incisions only millimetres large. These small incisions create a passageway for special instruments and a laparoscope. The laparoscope is a fibreoptic instrument that is inserted into the abdominal wall. This instrument transmits images from inside the body to a video monitor, allowing a surgeon to see the area of surgery on a screen.
The advantages of the minimally invasive method include:
- Faster recovery
- Faster return to normal activities and work
- Shorter hospital stay
- Lower infection rates
- Lower rate of recurrence
- Minimal scarring
LIV HOSPITAL's Digestive Surgery Centre provides comprehensive care to patients with gastrointestinal conditions and presents a team of highly experienced physicians who specialize in treating the most complex cases. Our Centre uses state-of-the-art laparoscopic techniques to treat all types of gastrointestinal diseases. This approach has many advantages, including faster recovery and shorter hospital stays, as well as a greatly reduced risk of infection and recurrence.
Although we perform minimally invasive surgery whenever possible, we also have extensive experience performing traditional (open) surgery. Most importantly, our treatments are designed to meet each patient's individual needs.
Diseases treated
LIV HOSPITAL's Digestive Surgery Centre offers surgical treatment for a wide range of gastrointestinal and abdominal-related diseases, including:
- Peptic ulcer
- Hiatal hernia
- Infectious diseases of the colon and rectum
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (or GERD) and its complications
- Barrett's oesophagus
- Radiation damage to the intestine
- Primary neoplasms of the stomach, small intestine, colon and rectum
- Achalasia
- Inflammatory bowel disease and continent reconstruction
- Gastrointestinal tumours
- Primary and metastatic liver tumours
- Benign and malignant diseases of the biliary system
- Benign and malignant diseases of the pancreas