The department is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities allowing providing diagnostic testing of the upper section of a gastrointestinal tract, large intestine, bronchopulmonary system, to perform a wide spectrum of endoscopic operations and manipulations including application of hi-tech technologies.

Diagnostic Examinations:

• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy  with biopsy;
• Proctoscopy with biopsy;
• Bronchoscopy  with biopsy

Diagnostic and Medical Techniques:

• Chelicobacteriosis urease  test;
• Chromoscopy directed on early diagnostics of pretumoral diseases,
• gastrointestinal organs cancer;
• Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography;
• Endoscopic papillosphincterotomy;
• Endoscopic ablation of benign masses of upper and lower sections of gastrointestinal tract  including  application of argon-plasma coagulations;
• Ablation of foreign bodies of gastrointestinal tract ;
• Sanation bronchoscopy

High quality videoendoscopic equipment allows making better and early diagnostics of diseases including video recording and making color images of separate sites of gastrointestinal tract.

All endoscopic  equipment is exposed to high level  disinfection and low –temperature sterilization by systems ‘RELIANCE’, ‘MEDIVATOR’, ‘STERRAD’   excluding  any infection  for a  patient.

Personnel

Alexei D. BORSUK – Head of the Department, Top category endoscopist

Mikhail G. LUD - Top category endoscopist

Konstantin V. SKUMATOV - Top category endoscopist

Valery D. VOITOVICH - Endoscopist of the first qualifying category

The hospital nurses of the department have top and first qualifying categories. All employees constantly improve their level of knowledge and qualification on the base of the Belarusian Medical Academy of the Postgraduate Education.
In cooperation with the Gomel State Medical  University  there was implemented the technique on endoscopic estimation of contact bleeding sickness of a mucous membrane of a large intestine as an additional criterion of  treatment efficiency of nonspecific ulcer colitis. There was composed the innovation on the given subject.

The department is located on the 2nd floor of the polyclinic building.

Telephones:        

+ 375 232 38-99-29 - Head
+ 375 232 38-96-53 - Staffroom
+ 375 232 38-96-53 – Hospital Nurses Post

Information for Patients

Preparation for Colonoscopy

The intestines should be purged. You should not use vegetable food during 3 days prior to examination (carrots, cabbage, apples and etc.).

Do not eat anything during the day prior to examination.

The intestines can be purged by two methods:

Method 1

• Before examination in the morning you should intake  laxative - 50 gram of magnesia  sulfate (to dissolve it  in 0,5 glass of boiled water);
• This very day it is necessary to make  two cleaning clysters in the morning and in the evening (Esmarch’s cup , volume of 2 liters,  with an interval of 1-2 hours);
• In the morning at the day of examination, with an interval of 1 hour, clysters should be repeated till receiving clean water.

Method 2

• You should purchase a medication Fortrans in a drugstore - 3 packages;
•  Dissolve it in boiled water (1 package - per 1 liter of water);
• Drink the obtained solution during the day prior to examination starting from 12.00:  1 glass each 20 minutes;
• Please, pay attention: if your body weight exceeds 70 kg or you have a susceptibility to constipations, for qualitative preparation it is necessary to drink 4 packages of Fortrans!
• In the morning at the day of examination you should take a shower!
• Please don’t forget to take a clean sheet with you!

 Preparation to Esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy is provided in the morning on an empty stomach or not earlier than in 8-10 hours after the last food intake. The patients with stomach evacuation disorder should irrigate the stomach in the evening prior to examination or to exclude food intake within a day. You should take a clean napkin with you.

Paid services

Please don’t forget to take a clean sheet with you!