Simple Departimental Operative Unit - Interventional Gastroenterology- Matera
| Facility Manager | Responsible dr. Luciano Corazza |
| Place | 1st Floor - Body A Ground Floor at the Policlinic - Surgery Healthcare "Madonna delle Grazie" Contrada Cattedra Ambulante - Matera |
| Telephone | 0835/253284 |
| corazzaluciano@asmbasilicata.it |
Who we are
| Role | Name and Surname |
| Responsible – Medical Director |
dr. Luciano Corazza |
| Medical Director | dr. Berardino D'Ascoli |
| Medical Director | dr. Letizia D'Ambrosio |
| Medical Director | dr. Maria Filippina Dilorenzo |
Contacts
| Seat | Telephone | Fax |
| Responsible | 0835/253489 | 0835/253489 |
| Doctors | 0835/253348 | |
| Reception Operative Unit | 0835/253284 | 0835/252318 |
| Coordinator Sector | 0835/252318 | 0835/252318 |
Opening times to the service:
| Service | Timetable |
| Ward | From Monday to Saturday from 8.00 h. to 20.00 h. Gastroenterologist Doctor is present in active service from Monday to Friday from 8.00 h. to 20.00 h. Saturday and before holidays from 8.00 h. to 14.00 h. |
| Digestive Endoscopic Surgery | Everyday from Monday to Friday from 8.00 h. to 20.00 h. Saturday from 8.00 h. to 14.00 h. Endoscopic Examinations on booking CUP take place in the morning from Monday to Saturday from 8.00 h. to 14.00 h. and in the afternoon from Monday to Friday from 14.00 h. to 17.30 h. |
| Gastroenterology Surgery | Everyday from Monday to Friday from 17.30 h. to 19.00 h. |
| Further Information | It is providing services in Urgency and Emergency h 24: in active service from 8.00 h. to 20.00 h. prompt medical and nursing nighttime ,daytime availability on holidays, from 14.00 h. to 20.00 h.and pre-holidays |
Sevices:
Clinical Gastroenterology Activities:
- General Gastroenterology
- Inflammatory bowel diseases
- Celiac Disease
- Digestive Oncology
- Digestive Pathophysiology
- Biliary Tract Diseases
- Digestive Bleeding
Endoscopy Digestive Diagnostic and Operational Activities:
- Esophagastroduodenoscopy
- Trasnasal Esophagastroduodenoscopy
- Colonoscopy with flexible endoscope
- Endoscopi videocapsula of the small intestine and colon
- Pediatric Digestive Endoscopy
- Enteroscopy with flexible endoscope
- Robotic Colonscopy with E-Worm
- Ultrasound Gastroenterological
- Hemostasis injective mechanical and sprays of bleeding lesions of the upper and lower digestive tract
- Gastroesophageal Stenosis Treatment and colic benign and malingnant by pneumatic dilation
- Positioning of metal prosthesisesophagitis duodenal and colic for the palliation of malignant stenosis
- Polypectomy Mucosectomy esophagitis and gastric colic
- Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varicess and Gasticesophagus through sclerosis and band ligation
- Endoscopic retrograde Cholangiopancreatography, ERCP
- Implantation of Billiary Prostheses
- Packaging of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, PEG
- Treatment with Argon Plasma
- Band ligation of Hemorrhoids
- Urea-breath-test for Helicobacter Pilori,C13UBT
- Esophageal PH monitoring 24h
The U.O. also partecipates in regional screening of colorectal cancer with colonoscopy execution of 1° and 2°level and to the genomic regional screening of the colon cancer.
Modality of access to sevices:
The access to the U.O.services of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy may come:
- In urgent need of emergency
- In priorità regime after gastroenterology examination
- From other Operative Unit or other hospital
- By CUP with priority classes prescription from ageneral practitioner or a specialist
The access to the Day Hospital takes place on the advice of the Specialist Physician.
Before accessing in to the Digestive Endoscopy examinations is expected reception with short history pathological and pharmacological release for the examination list.

