What this specialty covers.

Gastroenterology covers diseases of the digestive system, in particular the oesophagus, stomach, intestine, colon, liver, pancreas and bile ducts. Some conditions require endoscopic investigation or digestive surgery.

Many of these conditions are dealt with laparoscopically: small incisions, early mobilisation, a shorter stay. That still requires the diagnosis to be made before you travel. So where necessary we arrange endoscopy and imaging ahead of the procedure, within the same stay, to avoid a second journey.

Conditions treated

Your situation is not on this list? It is not exhaustive: send your file and a doctor will read it.

Treatments and procedures

digestive endoscopy
gallbladder surgery
hernia surgery
colorectal surgery
liver surgery
pancreatic surgery
laparoscopic surgery
minimally invasive or robotic digestive surgery where available

The technique used depends on your file. It is settled by the doctor at consultation and stated in your proposal before you travel.

Four steps, from your file to your return.

01

Send us your file

First step: understanding your situation

02

Receive your assessment

A proposal suited to your situation

03

We organise your stay

Your stay, shaped around your needs

04

We stay with you until you are home

Support on the ground, and after your stay

What we organise around the medical care.

You take only what you need: nothing is imposed and nothing is sold as a package.

Medical appointments

Consultations, tests and surgery placed in an order that makes sense, with no day lost between two appointments.

Visa support

Letter of medical care and supporting documents, for the nationalities that require them.

Accommodation and transfers

A place to stay near the facility, airport pick-up and travel during your stay.

Travelling companion

We plan for them from the start: accommodation, transfers and presence at consultations.

What patients ask us.

In the great majority of cases, yes: four small incisions and usually one night in hospital. Severe inflammation or adhesions may force conversion to open surgery; the surgeon explains this beforehand, because it changes the recovery.

Yes, gastroscopy as well as colonoscopy. Colonoscopy requires preparation the day before: it takes up a day of the schedule and cannot be combined with a flight the same day.

After straightforward laparoscopy, a few days is usually enough. After colorectal or liver surgery the wait is longer and depends on bowel function returning. The surgeon sets the date; we move the return flight without you having to deal with the airline.

Not automatically. Send them: a recent CT scan, an endoscopy with its biopsies or an MRI can usually be used. The gastroenterologist tells you exactly what is missing, before you pay for a test twice.

Have your file read before you decide.

A doctor reviews it and tells you what is possible, what is not and what it involves. With no commitment on your part.

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The information on this page is general and does not replace a consultation. No indication, timescale or outcome can be established without a doctor reading your file.

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