{"id":19220,"date":"2024-04-08T11:43:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T09:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.minihospital.it\/?post_type=prestazione&#038;p=19220"},"modified":"2024-04-17T12:23:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T10:23:44","slug":"gastroenterology-and-endoscopy","status":"publish","type":"prestazione","link":"https:\/\/www.minihospital.it\/en\/prestazione\/gastroenterology-and-endoscopy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gastroenterology and endoscopy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row el_class=&#8221;mtd35&#8243;][vc_column]<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative hidden-phone\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column filtri vc_column_container vc_col-sm-10\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><form data-sf-form-id='19480' data-is-rtl='0' data-maintain-state='' data-results-url='https:\/\/www.minihospital.it\/en\/doctor-research\/' data-ajax-url='https:\/\/www.minihospital.it\/en\/doctor-research\/?sf_data=vc_results&amp;sfid=19480&amp;sf_action=get_data' data-ajax-form-url='https:\/\/www.minihospital.it\/en\/?sfid=19480&amp;sf_action=get_data&amp;sf_data=form' data-display-result-method='vc_post_grid' data-use-history-api='1' data-template-loaded='0' data-lang-code='en' data-ajax='1' data-ajax-data-type='json' data-ajax-links-selector='a.page-numbers' data-ajax-target='.search-filter-results-19480' data-ajax-pagination-type='normal' data-update-ajax-url='1' data-only-results-ajax='1' data-scroll-to-pos='0' data-init-paged='1' data-auto-update='1' action='https:\/\/www.minihospital.it\/en\/doctor-research\/' method='post' class='searchandfilter' id='search-filter-form-19480' autocomplete='off' data-instance-count='1' data-replace-results='0'><ul><li class=\"sf-field-search\" data-sf-field-name=\"search\" data-sf-field-type=\"search\" data-sf-field-input-type=\"\">\t\t<label>\n\t\t\t\t   <input placeholder=\"Doctor research\" name=\"_sf_search[]\" class=\"sf-input-text\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" title=\"\"><\/label>\t\t<\/li><\/ul><\/form><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column mtm10 vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><form data-sf-form-id='19481' data-is-rtl='0' data-maintain-state='' data-results-url='https:\/\/www.minihospital.it\/en\/performance-search\/' data-ajax-url='https:\/\/www.minihospital.it\/en\/performance-search\/?sf_data=vc_results&amp;sfid=19481&amp;sf_action=get_data' data-ajax-form-url='https:\/\/www.minihospital.it\/en\/?sfid=19481&amp;sf_action=get_data&amp;sf_data=form' data-display-result-method='vc_post_grid' data-use-history-api='1' data-template-loaded='0' data-lang-code='en' data-ajax='1' data-ajax-data-type='json' data-ajax-links-selector='a.page-numbers' data-ajax-target='.search-filter-results-19481' data-ajax-pagination-type='normal' data-update-ajax-url='1' data-only-results-ajax='1' data-scroll-to-pos='0' data-init-paged='1' data-auto-update='1' action='https:\/\/www.minihospital.it\/en\/performance-search\/' method='post' class='searchandfilter' id='search-filter-form-19481' autocomplete='off' data-instance-count='1' data-replace-results='0'><ul><li class=\"sf-field-search\" data-sf-field-name=\"search\" data-sf-field-type=\"search\" data-sf-field-input-type=\"\">\t\t<label>\n\t\t\t\t   <input placeholder=\"Performance research\" name=\"_sf_search[]\" class=\"sf-input-text\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" title=\"\"><\/label>\t\t<\/li><\/ul><\/form><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;mtd25 mtm30&#8243;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;riga_bread&#8221;][vc_column_text color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; 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el_class=&#8221;center_mobile&#8221;]Gastroenterology is the <strong>medical specialty that deals with the study and treatment of diseases affecting the entire digestive system<\/strong> and falls within the scope of both surgeons and gastroenterologists.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text color=&#8221;#535353&#8243; el_class=&#8221;mtm20&#8243;][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text color=&#8221;#535353&#8243;]The treated conditions include functional and inflammatory diseases of both the upper (esophagus and stomach) and lower (intestines and colon-rectum) gastrointestinal tract, including: food allergies, celiac disease, colitis, diarrhea, dyspepsia, diverticulitis, hiatal hernia, esophagitis, gastritis, gastroenteritis, chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn&#8217;s disease, ulcerative colitis), malabsorption, gastroesophageal reflux disease, acute and chronic liver diseases.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;mtd75 mtm50&#8243;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;center_mobile&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; 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