Digestive health, a major issue for all of us.
The Institute of Digestive Diseases : IMAD’s healthcare services aim to provide comprehensive care for any digestive diseases, in line with medical and technological advances.
HGE-AN : the hepatology, gastroenterology, digestive oncology and nutritional support department at Nantes University Hospital
CCDE: the cancer, digestive and endocrine surgery department at Nantes University Hospital
A wide range of diagnostic and interventional endoscopy, surgery and highly specialised functional testing facilities can be found. Gastroenterologists, digestive surgeons, hepatologists, and healthcare staff work together with a constant focus on improving the patient’s quality of life.
The care pathway is developed in collaboration with the patient’s general practitioner and other specialists when their intervention is necessary (radiologists, anatomopathologists, pain and palliative care specialists). It is supported by dedicated nursing care.
Clinical research is carried out at the CIC-IMAD Clinical Investigation Centre.
Head of department : Dr Jérôme Gournay
Co-Head of department: Pr Yann Touchefeu
Senior healthcare manager : Agnès De La Bourdonnaye
Within the Institute of Digestive Diseases, the hepatology and gastroenterology department at Nantes University Hospital specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of digestive diseases.
The department is made up of several units:
DISEASES CONDITIONS :
Diseases of the digestive tract esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum, anus
Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic autoimmune or Helicobacter pylori-related gastritis, celiac disease and gluten-related disorders, esophageal diseases (GERD, achalasia).
Liver and biliary tract diseases: cirrhosis, non-alcoholic steatosis and steatohepatitis, viral hepatitis, autoimmune diseases of the liver and biliary tract, vascular diseases of the liver, liver tumors.
Pancreatic diseases: acute and chronic pancreatitis, benign pancreatic tumors.
Digestive cancers cancers of the liver and biliary tract, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon and rectum, anus, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, neuroendocrine tumors). Screening, diagnosis, and treatment of digestive cancers, endoscopic treatments, medical treatments for cancer (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, etc.).
EXPERTISES
Medical oncology: patient care from screening to treatment (prevention, diagnostic and interventional endoscopy, conventional hospitalization, chemotherapy, nutrition, consultations, etc.); severe functional bowel disorders;
chronic inflammatory bowel diseases; interventional digestive endoscopy: high-performance technical facilities with numerous innovative techniques (video capsule, endomicroscopy, etc.);
esophageal pathologies.
Head of department : Pr Eric Mirallié
Co-Head of department: Dr Juliette Podevin
Senior Healthcare manager : Agnès De La Bourdonnaye
EXPERTISES
The CCDE department treats obesity and all conditions related to the viscera and endocrine system (gallbladder, thyroid, colon, stomach, pancreas, etc.): hiatal hernia, hernias and eventrations, proctology, appendicitis, etc.
The CCDE department is part of the federative center for pelvic and perineal disorders. Since 2003, it has been using sacral neurostimulation to treat anal incontinence, which affects 2% to 10% of the population.
Thyroid and parathyroid surgery
Cancer surgery:
cancers of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum, anal canal, liver, pancreas, and adrenal glands, endocrine cancer (thyroid and others),
abdominal-pelvic sarcomas: Nantes University Hospital is a reference center for the treatment of sarcomas and is part of Net Sarc (National Network for the Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas).
The cancer, digestive, and endocrine surgery department offers each patient a high level of expertise in the following areas:
The department is part of the federative center for pelvic-perineal pathologies (more information in french).
