Dr. Saulius Švagždys
Abdominal surgeons
Information about the doctor:
Surgeon, specialist in coloproctology, consulting and treating patients for diseases of the large intestine, rectum, and perineum. Also diagnoses and treats surgical pathologies of abdominal organs, applying modern conservative and surgical treatment methods.
Main areas of interest:
Malignant and benign tumors of the colon and rectum
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Rectal prolapse
Fecal incontinence
Rectocele
Hemorrhoids
Perineal diseases (anal fissure, pruritus, paraproctitis, anorectal fistula, pilonidal cyst)
Symptomatic gallstone disease
Appendicitis, abdominal wall and subcutaneous formations (lipomas).
Main areas of activity:
Patient consultation
Diagnosis and treatment of coloproctological and abdominal surgical diseases,
Treatment plan development
Conservative and surgical treatment.
Languages:
Lithuanian
English
Russian
Doctor information
Education
1990–1996 Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine
1996–1997 Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, primary residency at Vilnius University Red Cross Hospital
1997–2001 Kaunas University of Medicine, secondary general surgery residency
2001–2003 Kaunas University of Medicine, tertiary abdominal surgery residency
2004–2008 Kaunas University of Medicine, BMTI, Intensive Care and Circulation Research Laboratory, doctoral studies
2009 defended biomedical medical doctor's dissertation on the topic “Rectal adenocarcinoma: prognostic value of angiogenesis and matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2, MMP-9 and their inhibitors TIMP-2, TIMP-3”
1990–1996 Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine
1996–1997 Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, primary residency at Vilnius University Red Cross Hospital
1997–2001 Kaunas University of Medicine, secondary general surgery residency
2001–2003 Kaunas University of Medicine, tertiary abdominal surgery residency
2004–2008 Kaunas University of Medicine, BMTI, Intensive Care and Circulation Research Laboratory, doctoral studies
2009 defended biomedical medical doctor's dissertation on the topic “Rectal adenocarcinoma: prognostic value of angiogenesis and matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2, MMP-9 and their inhibitors TIMP-2, TIMP-3”
Internships
Italy, Treviso.
Switzerland, Geneva University Hospital.
England, Portsmouth University Hospital
Italy, Treviso.
Switzerland, Geneva University Hospital.
England, Portsmouth University Hospital
Membership in associations
Kaunas Region Surgeons' Society
Lithuanian Coloproctologists' Society
Kaunas Coloproctologists' Club
European Society of Coloproctology.
Kaunas Region Surgeons' Society
Lithuanian Coloproctologists' Society
Kaunas Coloproctologists' Club
European Society of Coloproctology.
Licenses
MPL-10959 Abdominal Surgeon
MPL-08625 Surgeon
MPL-10959 Abdominal Surgeon
MPL-08625 Surgeon