Gastroenterology
Endoscopy Unit
Petz Aladár County and Teaching
Hospital
Győr, Hungary
The Endoscopy Unit of the Petz Aladár
Teaching Hospital offers GE endoscopy service for a community with 430.000 population. The Endoscopy Unit is the part of the GE Department being the only tertier
GE center in Nort West
Hungary. The GE endoscopy staff
consists of
6 full time gastroenterologists. Usually 5-6 residents and fellows join the staff
directed by Prof. István
Rácz who is the vice president of the ESGE.
A total number of 10 nurses – 5 out of them with endoscopy nurse diploma – belong to the team. The unit has 4 endoscopy rooms (2 for EGD, 1 for colonoscopy and EUS, 1 for ERCP)
and special rooms for capsule endoscopy,
clinical study activity, patient recovery room with
10 beds. The actual number of endoscope towers is 6, 4 of them with NBI capacity and 1 with magnification (160x) capacity.
The specialities of the unit are:
1.) Endotherapy for acute upper GI bleeding; all modilities
are available: US doppler probe, clips, HPU, APC, fibrin glue, banding, etc.
2.) Magnification and chromoendoscopy
diagnostic program for colorectal polyps with special regards
for pit patterns.
3.) Capsule endoscopy (small and large bowel)
|
Procedure |
Number/year |
|
Upper GI endoscopy (diagnostic/therapeutic) |
3300 |
|
Colonoscopy (diagnostic/therapeutic) |
2500 |
|
Enteroscopy
(capsule/DBE/single balloon, Navi Aid; |
100 |
|
ERCP |
430 |
|
EUS (diagnostic/FNAs/therapeutic) |
100 |
|
Pediatric endoscopy |
100 |
Daily activity
in the endoscopy
unit
ESGE Live Demonstration Workshop
2007
Győr, HUNGARY
The new endoscopy unit
Opening ceremony
2011
Patient waiting area
