At Polaris Hospital, Gastroenterology and GI Surgery are given to the clinical care of patients with the digestive system, gastrointestinal land liver issues. These incorporate peptic ulcer ailment, gastro-esophageal reflux malady, gastrointestinal dying, utilitarian gastrointestinal disorder, pancreaticobiliary infections, intense and incessant liver sickness and besides gastrointestinal and liver malignancies.
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology
Treatments & Procedures :-
- Gastroscopy, to inspect the inside of the stomach, gullet and duodenum.
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy.
- Endoscopic procedures
- Colonoscopy
- Enteroscopy
- Interventional endoscopic procedures
- Polypectomy
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- UGI Endoscopy
- UGI Endoscopy with Biopsy
- Variceal Banding Oesophageal (EVL)
- Dyspepsia (gas, bloating of the abdomen, distension of abdomen)
- Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (acidity, heartburn, vomiting)
- Loss of appetite/weight loss
- Irritable bowel syndrome (chronic diarrhea, mucus in stools, loose bowel movements/constipation)
- Inflammatory bowel disease e.g. ulcerative colitis/Chrohns disease.
- Elevated SGOT, SGPT (could be due to chronic Hepatitis B or C, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease)
- Difficulty in swallowing
- Pancreatitis (Acute/Chronic)
- Malabsorption syndrome
Celiac disease
- Hepatobiliary & Pancreas
- Liver tumours(Primary/secondary)
- Carcinoma of gall bladder
- Complicated gallstone disease (Cholecysto/Choledochal duodenal Fistula)
- Choledochal cysts
- Postcholecystectomy biliary injuries
- Carcinoma of the head of the pancreas
- Surgery in Acute pancreatitis (Necrotising pancreatitis)
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Surgical obstructive jaundice
Stomach
- Carcinoma of the stomach
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumours of the stomach
- Complicated duodenal ulcer disease
Small Intestine
- Small bowel tumours
- Crohn’s disease
Colon, Rectum & Anal canal
- Colonic cancers
- Ulcerative colitis
- Colonic polyposis
Abdominal pain
Jaundice –obstructive jaundice, viral hepatitis and biliary stone disease.
Chronic liver disease – (Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C), cirrhosis, portal hypertension, variceal bleeding, ascites
Ulcers – Peptic ulcers, Gastric ulcers, Esophageal ulcers
