Gastroenterology

Dr. Luca Dughera

Dr. Luca Dughera provides his specialist services in Turin, working for many years at university facilities, hospitals aimed at assistance, scientific research and professional training for doctors.

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Expert of the most frequent pathologies

Over the years he has increasingly increased his experience in the diagnosis and medical and endoscopic treatment of the most frequent gastrointestinal diseases: ​

  • Gastroesophageal reflux diseases
  • Esophagitis 
  • Eosinophilitis esophageal and gastrointestinal motility disorders 
  • Rare diseases (achalasia, scleroderma, gastroparesis, intestinal pseudostructure syndrome) 
  • Functional disorders of the colon (irritable colon syndrome, intestinal dysmicrobism, severe chronic constipation) 
  • Celiac disease and intestinal intolerance/allergy 
  • Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (ulcerative rectocolitis and Crohn’s disease) 
  • Polyposis 
  • Neoplasms of the colon-rectum

At the Hospital Città della Salute e della Scienza of Turin, by providing a service of Motility and Digestive Endoscopy, the doctor performs diagnostic and operational procedures of greater complexity:

  • Gastric and colic polypectomies and mucosectomies 
  • Endoscopic injective and thermal haemostasis 
  • Mechanical dilatation of stenosis 
  • Placement of enteral and colic esophageal endoprosthesis 
  • Placement of PEG for assisted nutrition 
  • Argan Plasma treatment of vascular lesions 
  • Treatment of achalasia by botulinum toxin (BoTox)
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Trusted gastroenterologist in Turin

Dr. Luca Dughera is a gastroenterologist in Turin, who, in addition to offering his professionalism to the patients in his office, carries out various activities: 

  • Contract Professor at the University of Turin
  • Participates in training courses in Italy and abroad, both as a speaker and as a lecturer, in the subjects of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy;
  • Participates in projects aimed at improving endoscopic techniques, to improve safety in operating rooms, to optimize the procedures of sedation and analgesia during endoscopic treatments, scientific progress in the field of disinfection and reprocessing of endoscopic instruments and evaluation of the appropriateness of endoscopic procedures in the process of accreditation of specialized health facilities.