Clinical Focus
We specialize in the evaluation and treatment of patients with various gastrointestinal and liver disorders.
The various diseases being treated in this department include:
- Viral hepatitis B and C
- Alcoholic liver disease
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Acute and chronic pancreatitis
- Malabsorption and chronic diarrhea
- Gastrointestinal cancers
- Gallstone related disease
- Gastrointestinal infections including tuberculosis
- Peptic ulcer disease
The Department of Gastroenterology is well-equipped with state-of-the-art, latest, upper and lower GI endoscopes and availability of digital documentation of patient details.
Therapeutic Upper and Lower GI endoscopy procedures being done at the department include:
- Endoscopic varices ligation (Banding)
- Oesophageal stricture dilatation
- Stenting of malignant esophageal strictures
- Treatment of Achalasia cardia
- Treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers
- Polypectomy
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Gastric variceal glue injection
- Endoscopic removal of foreign bodies
- Dilatation of strictures
ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatograpy):
It is a unique service being offered by the Department of Gastroenterology. The various applications of ERCP in patient care include:
- Non - surgical management of common bile duct stones
- Biliary and pancreatic ductal stenting
- Management of Biliary Ascariasis
- Biliary metal stenting for bile duct cancers
- Dilatation and stenting of bile duct stricture
- Biliary:
Sphincterotomy
Stone Removal
Stent Placement
Stricture Dilatation
- Pancreatic
Pancreatic Stenting
Sphincterotomy
Stone Removal
Pseudocyst Drainage
Endoscopic Ultrasound:
- Staging Esophageal Tumors
- Diagnosis Submucosal Lesions
- Diagnosis Pancreatico-Biliary Disease
- Pseudocyst Drainage
- Staging Rectal Tumours
Capsule Endoscopy:
It is to detect obscure GI Bleed.
Infrastructure:
F1 endoscopy/colonoscopy and ERCP with C-ARM
MANOMETRY - MOTILITY LAB
Esophageal
Imedence Manometry
Rectal
