GASTROINTESTINAL CARE

What SevenHills Offers
Endoscopy

Gastroenterology is a super specialty that deals with the diagnosis, treatment of disorders and also maintenance of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, and gall bladder.

What SevenHills Offers

Gastroenterology services offered include the following:
  • Full-service diagnostic therapy
  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • Pre- and post-op education
  • Nutritional counseling
  • Full-service biliary endoscopy

Equipment

  • Gastroscope – for visualizing upper gastro intestinal tract
  • Colonoscope – for visualizing colon
  • Sigmoidoscope
  • ERCP – for CBD (common bile duct) stones. This can be diagnostic or therapeutic for removal of CBD stones and stenting

Procedures

  • Sclerotherapy for varices and for bleeding vessels of upper GI
  • Speed band endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) to stop bleeding from varices
  • ERCP – for CBD stone removal and stenting
  • Feeding jejunostomy tube through endoscope


The Gastroenterology Service of the SevenHills Hospital provides the community with wide-ranging clinical expertise in all areas of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Liver Diseases). The Division is serviced by highly trained gastroenterologist who provide specialized care in the areas of
  • Esophageal disorders,
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease,
  • Liver diseases,
  • Disorders of the pancreas and biliary system, and
  • Inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease and colitis)
  • Radical Cancer Surgeries

The service also provides specialty care in motility disorders of the esophagus, pancreas, and biliary system. The Gastroenterology Service provides expertise in all aspects of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy.

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ENDOSCOPY
Endoscopy is a direct imaging technique that enables visualization of the internal environment of the body through scopes that are inserted in natural or surgically made openings in the body. These are made in order to diagnose, take biopsy, to see the extent of disease, to see the prognosis of the disease or to administer treatment - medical or surgical.


•  Video Gastroduodenoscopy - allows visualization of stomach and duodemun using flexible fiberoptic endoscope
•  E.R.C.P. - Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) enables the physician to diagnose problems in the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas
•  Colonoscopy - Visualizes the colon
•  Laparoscopy - Visualizes the operation site through small incision
•  Bronchoscope - Visualizes the bronchi
•  Sigmoidoscope - Visualizes the later part of the colon
•  Fibro Optic Bronchoscope - This is a flexible scope made from fibro optic material and has a light source and can be more conveniently inserted in the bronchi and the smaller bronchi can be reached by a fibro optic bronchoscope. 


Nasal Endoscope:
The nasal endoscope is an optical instrument consisting of a tube, a light and a lens for an eyepiece or connection to video and monitor, used to look into the nasal cavities. The nasal endoscope allows the doctor to look at the most of the nasal cavities and the sinuses, even around corners using a special angled scope like a periscope. Some minor procedures are also possible with this scope.

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