Gastroenterology

The Department of Gastroenterology is a full-fledged Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Care Centre and provides comprehensive resources for the diagnosis and therapy of diseases of the digestive tract (esophagus, stomach, small intestine and colon), pancreas and liver.

From common ailments like constipation, gas, heartburn, dyspepsia, to more complex ones involving the gallbladder, pancreas or colon, our expert doctors along with trained technicians and nurses provide cutting-edge diagnostic and therapeutic care in modern facilities. We utilize a multi-disciplinary approach along with other consultants for more complicated conditions like tumours.

Whatever be the GI ailment, St. Elizabeth Gastroenterology department can provide relief and care in a compassionate, high-quality setting.

Common GI conditions:

• Diagnostic & Therapeutic services include:
• Upper GI endoscopy (gastroscopy)
• Colonoscopy
• Capsule endoscopy for visualization of the entire small bowel
• pH-metry, pH-impedance measurement
• Wireless pH-capsule investigation
• Esophageal Manometry
• Anorectal manometry
• Fibroscan for study of the liver (for inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis)
• Endoscopic Ultrasound
• Ultrasound of the abdomen
• ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography)
• PTCD (Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangio-Pancreatography)

Key procedures and Endoscopic surgeries include:

• Endoscopic polypectomy
• Endoscopic Mucosa Resection (EMR)
• Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
• Percutaneous Endoscopic Enterostomy
• Endoscopic treatment of GI bleeding (clipping, coagulation, injection)
• Endoscopic varix therapy (Ligation, sclerotherapy, embolization)
• Dilatation of GI strictures (balloon dilatation, bouginage)
• ERCP for gallstone removal and biliary tract stenting
• Stenting for biliary Lesions, malignancy, stricture via ERCP
• Endoscopic pancreatic duct sphincterotomy, stenting, stone removal
• Endoscopic ultrasound staging of GI neoplasms
• Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy and drainage placement
• Metal stenting in the GI tract and bilio-pancreatic duct system
• Bariatric Endoscopic Procedures
• Gastric balloon placement
• Liver biopsy
• Ablation of Barrett esophagus endoscopic application of radio frequency