Gastroenterology and Liver

Activities:

  • Gastroenterology : A medical specialty that focuses on the digestive system (esophagus, stomach, small intestines and colon). Includes pediatric gastroenterology.
  • Hepatology : A medical specialty that focuses on the liver and associated organs (gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, and biliary tree).
  • Diagnostic Endoscopy : Investigative examinations that look inside the body through an endoscope (a long, flexible tube usually with a camera on the end) to find out what the source of a problem might be.
  • Therapeutic Endoscopy : Going inside the body with an endoscope to treat a problem.

Our doctors and staff have years of experience treating many kinds of digestive diseases. Below is a list of some of the more common issues we see in the Unit:

  • Abdominal pain
  • Alcoholic Liver Disease
  • Barrett’s esophagus
  • Biliary diseases
  • Cancer of digestive system
  • Celiac disease
  • Changes in bowel habits
  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Cirrhosis of the Liver
  • Colitis
  • Colon polyp
  • Constipation
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Diarrhea
  • Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
  • Gallbladder disorders
  • Gallstones
  • Gastroenteritis
  • GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
  • GI infection
  • Heartburn
  • Hepatitis
  • Intestinal bleeding
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
  • Non –alcoholic Liver Disease
  • Pancreatic diseases
  • PUD (Peptic Ulcer Disease)
  • Rectal bleeding
  • Stomach ulcers
  • Swallowing difficulties (Dysphasia)
  • Ulcerative colitis

Therapeutic endoscopies that routinely performed by our staffs:

  • Gastrointestinal bleeding: emergency endoscopy 24 h and 7/7 activities with a varieties of gestures are performed according to the clinical contexts: injection technique, clips. Argon plasma coagulation (APC), esophageal varice ligation, clue injection.
  • Percutaneous endoscopy gastrostomy for enteral feeding
  • Endoscopic polypectomy
  • Esophageal dilation
  • Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreaticography ( ERCP)
  • Hemorrhoid ligation
  • Mesurement of liver stiffness : FibroScan
  • Small bowel capsule investigations
  • Endoscopic ultrasound
  • Motility function examinations:
    • Upper gastrointestinal tract (Esophageal manometry)
    • Lower gastrointestinal tract (Anorectal manometry)