{"id":27,"date":"2026-01-07T10:14:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T08:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christoskontovounisios.gr\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:35:16","slug":"profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christoskontovounisios.gr\/en\/profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"27\" class=\"elementor elementor-27\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-079b9ce e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"079b9ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2e2f15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d2e2f15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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The department has evolved into one of the most specialised surgical centres in Greece, with a particular focus on diseases of the colon and rectum, coloproctology, inflammatory and functional bowel disorders, and advanced proctology. Our practice incorporates the systematic use of robotic and minimally invasive surgical techniques, applying the most advanced technologies available in modern colorectal surgery.\n        <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"dr-content-block dr-highlight-box\">\n        <p>\nToday, our department represents one of the few organised centres in Greece with the expertise, experience and infrastructure required for the comprehensive surgical management of locally advanced and recurrent colorectal and rectal cancer. In this context, my team and I manage some of the most complex cases referred from across the country, performing multivisceral resections and pelvic exenteration procedures\u2014highly complex operations typically undertaken only in specialised international centres. Our aim is to achieve complete oncological clearance while preserving function and quality of life, following modern onco-functional surgical principles.\n        <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"dr-content-block\">\n        <p>\nThe department also has significant expertise in the surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease, including ileal pouch\u2013anal anastomosis (IPAA) and redo pouch surgery, as well as the treatment of complex perianal disease. 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