The unit has extensive experience in resolving both benign and malignant diseases of the upper digestive tract. One of the most frequent within benign processes is esophageal gastro reflux as well as hiatus hernia that usually accompanies him.
This intervention seeks to eliminate both pain and discomfort caused by stomach acid when it is in contact with the esophagus as the risk of malignization due to continuous irritation (BRRETT esophagus).
The Esophagus-Gastric Surgery Unit uses the minimally invasive approach to perform these interventions (Nissenn melt) and when necessary it also places a mesh specially designed to prevent hernias of the hiatus from reappearing.
With regard to malignant process surgery (esophageal or gastric tumors), the Esophagus-Gastric Surgery Unit in close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team -composed of oncologists, radiologists and specialists in internal medicine - design the strategy that best suits each situation, evaluating case by case the need to perform adjuvant treatments with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy before or after surgery, which most of the time is addressed with minimally invasive techniques, so that the drop in defenses that always accompany the aggression surgical is much less than with conventional surgery.
