What is Gastroenterology?
Gastroenterology is a speciality area of medicine that focuses on digestive system problems. In this field, diseases affecting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract—including the oesophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder—and their diagnosis and treatment are studied. Gastroenterologists are medical professionals who focus on this speciality. They receive intensive training to treat liver and intestinal disorders.
Diagnostic Procedures in Gastroenterology
For the identification and treatment of problems in the digestive system, gastroenterology uses a range of diagnostic techniques. Some of the Important methods are:
Endoscopic Examinations: Procedures such as colonoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) allow direct visualisation of the gastrointestinal system, helping to diagnose and treat several illnesses.
Imaging Studies: By providing detailed images of the digestive organs, methods like MRIs, CT scans, ultrasounds, and X-rays help identify structural abnormalities.
Motility Tests: To help diagnose motility issues, oesophageal manometry measures the pressure and movement inside the oesophagus.
Laboratory Tests: Analysis of blood and stool can detect inflammation, infections, and other digestive tract abnormalities.
Gastroenterologists can precisely diagnose gastrointestinal diseases and create efficient treatment strategies using these technologies.
Comprehensive Gastroenterology Services
We offer a complete range of procedures in Gastroenterology which includes medical and surgical treatment. The focus will be on addressing patients with stomach, intestinal disorders, Liver and Pancreatic diseases [Cirrhosis, Pre and Post Liver Transplant care], Vomiting, Nausea, Loss of appetite, Benign/malignant [Cancers] Growths, bleeding from Stomach or Intestine, Chronic Ulcers, Chronic Acidity and Reflex Gastritis, Inflammatory bowel disease [Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease].
Procedures like Diagnostic gastroscopy, Colonoscopy, ERCP, Liver biopsy and stenting of the Bile and Pancreatic duct, CBD stone removal, Endoscopy and Treatment for bleeding Ulcers, Esophageal Varices banding and Pancreatic structure dilatation and stenting, Polyps, Foreign body removal will be performed.
This department is led by a team of medical and surgical gastroenterologists having vast experience in Medical and Surgical Gastroenterology, having been trained both overseas and in India by prestigious institutions.
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| Sunday | 9.00 – 15.00 |
| Holidays | Closed |