University Hospital St. Marina – Pleven offers modern diagnostics and a full range of general surgical methods for the treatment of our patients - open, laparoscopic, robotic, and modern radical surgery.
The team of the department consists of 14 experts with specialties in general surgery, thoracic surgery, and vascular surgery, 7 of them are double specialty.
The department has a contract with the National Health Insurance Fund for diagnosis and surgical treatment on a clinical pathway for various diseases:
- Liver, gallbladder and bile ducts, pancreas - including benign and malignant neoplasms, hydatid cysts of the liver, gallstones, pancreatitis;
- Stomach - including gastric cancer, complicated gastric ulcer, pyloric stenosis;
- Small intestine and colon - benign and malignant conditions such as colorectal cancer, diverticulitis or polyps of the colon, intestinal obstruction of various origins;
- Anus and perianal space - including complicated and uncomplicated grade III-IV hemorrhoids, perianal abscesses, fissures and fistulas;
- Anterior abdominal wall - inguinal, umbilical, epigastric, femoral hernias, and postoperative hernias after abdominal surgery;
- Chest cavity and its organs - benign and malignant conditions and injuries with resection and reconstruction of the lung, chest wall and pleura;
- Breast - established modern methods of diagnosis and surgical treatment of breast cancer and benign breast conditions are routinely applied;
- Endocrine - for benign and malignant growths of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands.
The Department of Surgery has modern operating rooms with equipment for minimally invasive, so-called "bloodless" surgery:
- Video-assisted laparoscopic and thoracoscopic operations using conventional laparoscopic systems - 3D technology and 4K technology with ultra-high resolution - Einstein (Aesculap), Olympus;
- DaVinci robotic surgical system. This includes abdominal surgery for oncological and non-oncological diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and thoracic surgery for oncological diseases of the lungs;
- Bronchoscopy - endoscopic procedures with flexible and rigid optics on the tracheobronchial tree and esophagus.
University Hospital St. Marina – Pleven provides high quality and effective treatment to combat obesity and type II diabetes. Bariatric surgery (so-called metabolic surgery) is one of the main methods that our specialists apply. In this minimally invasive approach, the anatomy of the stomach or colon is altered, limiting food intake, and facilitating its absorption.
