Range of treatments
Gastroenterology
Oesophagus
Oesophagus
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and Barrett’s oesophagus
- Tumours of the oesophagus (oesophageal cancer)
- Stenoses (constrictions)
- Haemorrhaging
- Oesophageal varices
- Motility disorders (movement disorders) of the oesophagus
- Achalasia
- Zenker’s diverticulum
- Eosinophilic oesophagitis
- Candida oesophagitis (fungal infection)
Stomach / Duodenum / Small intestine
Stomach / Duodenum / Small intestine
- Gastritis, incl. heliobacter pylori-associated gastritis (inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach)
- Ulcus ventriculi, ulcus duodeni (peptic ulcers, duodenal ulcers)
- Stomach tumours (stomach cancer, lymphomas, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas [MALT], gastrointestinal stromal tumours [GIST])
- Haemorrhaging
- Gastrointestinal motility disorders (movement disorders) of the stomach
- Acid reflux
- Coeliac disease
- Inflammation, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
Large intestine
Large intestine
- Tumours of the rectum and large intestine (rectal cancer/colon cancer)
- Colorectal polyps (as well as large, problematic polyps)
- Anal tumours
- Diarrhoea
- Obstipation (blockages)
- Diverticulosis, diverticulitis
- Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis (chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal disease)
- Collagenous colitis, lymphocytic colitis, microscopic colitis
- Haemorrhaging
- Haemorrhoids
- Motility disorders (movement disorders) of the large intestine and rectum
Pancreas
Pancreas
- Acute and chronic inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis)
- Pancreatic cancer
- Autoimmune pancreatitis
- Endocrine tumours of the pancreas, e.g. insulinomas, gastrinomas
- Cystic lesions/pancreatic tumours, e.g. main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms, branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms, mucinous cysts
- Tumours of the papilla (Papilla vateri), papillary adenomas
- Pancreatic duct stones
Functional gastrointestinal diseases
Functional gastrointestinal disease
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Functional dyspepsia
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhoea, constipation
- Flatulence
- Abdominal cramps
Gallbladder
Gallbladder
- Gallstones (cholecystolithiasis)
- Gallstones in the bile duct (choledocholithiasis)
- Inflammation of the gallbladder and acute inflammation of the bile duct (cholecystitis, cholangitis)
- Chronic inflammation of the bile duct
- Gallbladder tumours
- Bile duct tumours, cholangiocellular carcinoma, Klatskin tumours
- Functional disorders of the sphincter of Oddi
Hepatology
- Viral hepatitides (acute or chronic hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D, hepatitis E, hepatitis A, Ebstein-Barr virus-associated hepatitis (EBV, infectious mononucleosis), cytomegalovirus viral hepatitis (CMV))
- Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH)
- Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)
- Overlap syndrome
- Secondary sclerosing cholangitis and progressive sclerosing cholangitis
- Fatty liver, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Alcoholic fatty liver hepatitis (ASH)
- Drug-induced toxic liver disease
- Iron overload (haemochromatosis)
- Copper overload (Morbus Wilson)
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
- Cystic fibrosis (CF, mucoviscidosis)
- Porphyria
- Hereditary haemorrhagic teleangiectasia (Morbus Osler)
- Polycystic liver disease, large liver cysts
- Morbus Meulengracht (Gilbert’s syndrome)
- Rare congenital liver diseases
Centre for Gastrointestinal Diseases
Seestrasse 90
8002 Zürich
8002 Zürich
F +41 44 201 67 50
Opening times: Mo - Fr: 8.00 am - 5.00 pm
Telephone hours: 8.00 - 12.00 am and 1.30 - 4.00 pm
Telephone hours: 8.00 - 12.00 am and 1.30 - 4.00 pm
