Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology department is equipped with various Routine out-door, in-door and emergency facilities

Out-door, in-door and emergency services include:

• Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopies
• Routine upper and lower gastrointestinal tract-endoscope
• Endoscope removal of large common bile duct calculi
• Placement of metal stints for palliation of esophageal, Gastro-duodenal, Biliary, Pancreatic and Colorectal cancers
• Pancreatic endotherapy such as pancreatic stone removal and pancreatic stenting, endoscope pseudocyst drainage
• GI hemostasis is achieved by hemoclips, bipolar electo-coagulation, argon plasma coagulation, variceal band ligation, endoloop
• Endoscopic mucuosal resection
• Chromoendoscopy

Endoscopic treatment for gastro-esophageal reflux disease is also done.

Therapeutic:

Endoscopic ultrasonography unit

• Facilities for performing diagnostic radial EUS but also linear electronic EUS guided biopsy and other interventional EUS procedures.