title: [The surgical gastroenterology department].
abstract: The Department of Digestive Surgery was born in 1977. It is a part of the medical surgical unit of gastroenterology and hepatopancreatology. The various developed sectors concern hepatic surgery and liver transplantation (treatment of hepatic tumors and cirrhosis), pancreatic surgery and surgery of the biliary tract (treatment of benign and malignant pancreatic tumors, tumor of the biliary tract, chronic pancreatitis and biliary stones), surgery of morbid obesity (gastroplasty or gastric by-pass), surgery of the upper digestive tract (benign and malignant tumors of the oesophagus or the stomach, treatment of gastroesophageal reflux), surgery of the abdominal wall, colorectal surgery and surgery of the inflammatory bowel diseases (colorectal cancer, familial polyposis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), proctologic surgery and surgery of anorectal functional disorders, neonatal and paediatric surgery.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gelin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Closset
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Donckier
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: el Nakadi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van de Stadt
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D035843:Biomedical Research; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D005762:Gastroenterology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital