Gastroenterology treatment in Israel

Gastroenterological diseases impair the quality of life significantly, as they cause abdominal pain, dyspepsia, and disrupt the absorption of nutrients. Some pathologies pose a serious threat to the patient's life. You can go to Israel for the treatment of digestive diseases. The hospitals in this country provide accurate diagnostics, effective and minimally invasive treatment at an affordable price. The Israeli specialists have experience even in the treatment of rare gastroenterological diseases.

What pathologies are treated in Israel?

Israeli specialists have extensive experience in the treatment of most gastrointestinal pathologies. Most often, foreign patients come to Israeli hospitals with the following diseases:

• Gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis)
• Gastric and duodenal peptic ulcers
• Gastritis, gastroduodenitis
• Bowel polyps
• Gallstone disease
• Diverticulitis
• Acute and chronic pancreatitis
• Tumors of the bowel, stomach, liver, pancreas

Which clinics can I visit?

Israel has many good clinics, which are well equipped and employ excellent specialists. Let us list the best ones.

Assuta Hospital Tel Aviv

The doctors at the Assuta Hospital rarely resort to gastroenterological operations. In more than 85% of patients, they achieve a successful treatment result with conservative treatments, but if the operation is required, then it is carried out with high quality, with a minimum risk of complications and recurrence of the disease. Gastroenterological treatment at the Assuta Medical Center has the following features:

• Most operations on the stomach and bowels are performed using minimally invasive methods; these are either endoscopic operations with the insertion of instruments through the natural openings of the body, or laparoscopic – through small punctures in the anterior abdominal wall
• The hospital has a Da Vinci robotic system that is actively used during the operations on the digestive organs
• Argon plasma coagulation is used in Barrett's esophagus for minimization of the risks of recurrence
• After removal of large tumors in the abdominal cavity, intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy is carried out, as it increases the survival rate
• Photodynamic therapy is used for the treatment of patients with peptic ulcers
• For the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophageal stitching is performed using SRS endoscopic stapler, magnetic esophageal sphincter (LINX) is implanted
• Assuta Hospital performs complex reconstructive surgeries on the digestive organs

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Sourasky Medical Center is located in Tel Aviv. It includes the Institute of Gastroenterology, which is one of the largest in the country.

The hospital carries out safe endoscopic procedures and operations. Using long thin instruments, which are inserted through the body's natural openings, the doctors can correct scarry esophageal or intestinal stricture, restore bile duct patency, remove polyps and extract foreign bodies, stop haemorrhages, or administer drugs.

The doctors at the Sourasky Medical Center carry out treatment of gallstone disease using minimally invasive techniques. The laparoscopic removal of gallbladder is usually performed. The retrograde extraction of calculi is also possible: through the biliary tract.

Sheba Medical Center

Sheba Medical Center includes the Department of Internal Medicine, as well as the Institute of Gastroenterology, whose specialists carry out treatment of diseases of the esophagus, stomach, liver, bowel, and pancreas. The Institute of Gastroenterology employs not only gastroenterologists, but also surgeons, radiologists, and nutritionists.

The hospital admits more than 40,000 patients with gastrointestinal diseases and performs over 15,000 endoscopic procedures annually.

The Institute of Gastroenterology at the Sheba Medical Center achieves the greatest results in the treatment of the following diseases:

• Gastrointestinal haemorrhages – not only acute but also chronic ones
• GERD
• Esophageal varices
• Pancreatic cysts
• Inflammatory bowel diseases

The hospital carries out removal of gastrointestinal polyps and tumors, stent implantation in various parts of the digestive system.

The Medical Center includes the Clinic for Neurogastroenterology and the Treatment of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. It carries out treatment of functional digestive disorders, namely irritable bowel syndrome, gastroparesis, reflux and neurogenic swallowing disorders.

The Obesity Clinic performs bariatric surgery. The unique, low-traumatic surgery is performed here for reduction of the stomach size: endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty. It is performed without incisions on the abdomen: through the endoscopic access inside the stomach, with a dozen stitches, which reduce the volume of the organ and ensure gradual weight loss due to early satiety.

Other structural sections of the Institute of Gastroenterology:

• The Swallowing and Heartburn Clinic mainly deals with diseases of the pharynx and esophagus
• The Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Clinic performs the treatment of pancreatitis, pancreatic cysts, carries out endoscopic examinations of the bile and pancreatic ducts
• Nutrition Сlinic and Total Parenteral Nutrition Service; the doctors select a diet for various diseases, carry out treatment of disorders of digestion and absorption of nutrients, and provide parenteral nutrition to patients here

Sheba Medical Center includes Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital. It includes the Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology. Its specialists carry out treatment of digestive diseases in children and adolescents, including such pathologies as eosinophilic esophagitis, GERD, gluten and lactose intolerance, short bowel syndrome, constipation, diarrhea, failure to gain weight, abdominal pain of the unknown origin.

Rambam Health Care Campus Haifa

The Department of Gastroenterology at the Rambam Medical Center has achieved significant successes in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, gastroesophageal reflux, and adhesive bowel disease.

The hospital carries out high-precision diagnostics. The following methods are used:

• Colonoscopy
• EGD
• Endosonography (endoscopic ultrasound)
• Retrograde cholangiopancreatography
• Double-balloon enteroscopy
• Video capsule endoscopy

Such unpleasant procedures as colonoscopy are performed under sedation (during sleep).

The Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital has the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology. It admits patients of any age, including newborn babies. The department includes the Sections of Dietology, Liver Diseases.

Rabin Medical Center

The features of gastroenterology at the Rabin Medical Center are:

• Department has in-house laboratory for the study of bowel cancer, genetic and molecular changes in cancer cells
• Personalized selection of drug treatment for intestinal tumors, Crohn's disease, peptic ulcer
• Department includes several sections, such as the Sections of Endoscopic Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Capsule Endoscopy, Malignant Bowel Tumors, Neurogastroenterology, as well as the clinic for the treatment of diseases caused by Helicobacter pylori infection

The hospital performs a virtual colonoscopy. In some cases, it can replace the conventional colonoscopy – not the most pleasant procedure. The difference between virtual colonoscopy is that it does not require the insertion of instruments into the intestine, as it is performed in a non-contact manner, using computed tomography.

Hadassah Medical Center

The hospital has one of the best Departments of Gastroenterology in the country. Its doctors carry out treatment of liver and gastrointestinal diseases. It includes the Diagnostic Center, the Pediatric ERCP Center, and the Nutrition Counseling Centre.

The specialists achieve particular success in the treatment of hepatobiliary diseases (liver, gallbladder and ducts). The hospital carries out outpatient procedures for removal of calculi from the biliary tract. The Laboratory of Liver Pathology is also available here, it carries out the examinations of more than 5,000 patients annually. The laboratory is internationally accredited. Four of its employees have received awards from the American Liver Foundation (ALF).

Why is it better to undergo treatment in Israel?

Residents of developed countries are primarily attracted by the cost of medical services – in Israel it is 30% lower as compared to European hospitals, and 50% lower than in American hospitals. Citizens of developing countries come to Israeli medical centers primarily in search of better quality of medical care, which is not always available at home.

The main advantages of the treatment of gastroenterological diseases in Israel are:

• Availability of highly qualified doctors with experience of work in the best hospitals of Europe and the United States
• The best medical equipment
• Most diseases can be cured without surgery
• If surgical methods are used, operations are mainly performed via endoscopic or laparoscopic access
• Possibility of treating severe and rare diseases
• Minimal risk of complications
• Pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract are cured while maintaining the function of the digestive system
• High-quality postoperative care and complete recovery
• Relatively low cost of medical services

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