Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

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The Department of Gastroenterology offers a wide range of inpatient, outpatient and endoscopic services to patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases.

The hospital has a separate endoscopy suite, which is equipped with the state of the art video endoscopy system. Various endoscopy procedures, which are regularly performed, include:

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including sclerotherapy, Endoscopic variceal ligation, Esophageal stricture dilatation, Endoscopic treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers, endoscopic removal of foreign bodies, prosthesis deployment,endoscopic polypectomies, Achalasia cardia dilatation, Endoscopic transmural pseudocyst drainage are routinely performed.

Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy: Colonoscopy, proctosigmoidoscopy and polypectomies.

ERCP: Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as endoscopic management of various biliary disorders such as CBD stone extraction, placement of biliary stents, NBD, Stricture dilatation and prosthesis deployment. Endoscopic management of Chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic duct stents is also done in our department.

There is a separate Gastroenterology OPD from 9 am to 3 pm on all working days of the hospital. The 24 - hours emergency of the hospital caters to all type of patients with any GI or liver related emergency.

Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist see patients with diseases or disorders of the pancreas, liver, gallbladder, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and colon.

Services

• Upper G I endoscopy
• Colonoscopy
• Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
• Enteroscopy
• Diagnostic CT, and ultrasound scans
• Esophageal pressure monitoring (manometry)
• Feeding tubes
• Genetic testing
• Intravenous nutrition training programs for patients (home parenteral or enteral nutrition)
• Liver Biopsy
• Ph (acid) monitoring
• Remicaide infusion
• Surgery, including anti-reflux surgery
• Transit studies

SPECIALITY AREA INCLUDES

Diseases of the Esophagus

• Achalasia
• Barrett's esophagus
• Cancer of the esophagus
• Esophageal spasm, non-cardiac chest pain
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Esophagus services, including endoscopy, non-surgical and surgical treatments for GERD (manometry); esophagectomy

Diseases of the Stomach

• Ulcers
• Cancer of the stomach
• Chronic indigestion (dyspepsia)
• Gastroparesis
• Helicobacter pylori
• Nausea and vomiting
• Stomach services, including endoscopy, and transit studies
  

Diseases of the Small Intestine, Nutrition

• Celiac disease
• Malabsorption of nutrients
• Short bowel syndrome
• Ulcers and bleeding
• Small bowel and nutrition services, including feeding tubes, parenteral and enteral nutrition

Diseases of the Colon (Bowel)

• Bleeding
• Colon polyps
• Cancer of the colon
• Rectal cancer
• Constipation
• Crohn's disease
• Diarrhea
• Diverticulosis and diverticulitis
• Fecal incontinence
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Pouchitis
• Ulcerative colitis
• Colon services, including colonoscopy, remicade infusion, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and ano-rectal pressure monitoring

Diseases of the Pancreas

• Acute pancreatitis
• Adult cystic fibrosis
• Ampullary carcinoma
• Cancer of the pancreas
• Chronic pancreatitis
• Cysts of the pancreas
• Islet cell cancer
• Pancreas services, include endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

Diseases of the Liver and Bile Ducts

• Bile duct cancer
• Bile duct stones
• Cancer of the liver
• Cirrhosis
• Hepatitis (A, B and C; non-alcoholic steato hepatitis)
• Liver Disease
• Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis