List of procedures
The department carries out a number of procedures, which are both diagnostic as well as therapeutic in nature. It is one of the very few departments of GI & Hepatology to have facility of Oesophageal pH, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). Argon Plasma Coagulation, GI manometry, Hepatic venous pressure measurements, Trans jugular liver biopsy, MARS & Liver transplantation, besides the routine upper and lower GI procedures. The department is a referral center for advanced therapeutic biliary & pancreatic procedures. Failed & difficult cases are usually referred here. We have recently acquired Double balloon Enteroscopy; which make us 1 center in Hyderabad to have this scope. High definition endoscopy is being added shortly.
- UGI Endoscopy: Is used for diagnosis of diseases of food pipe, stomach & duodenum like; reflux, ulcers & cancers.
- Endoscopic Sclerotherapy: Injection of sclerosant in bleeding varices (veins in cirrhosis) and ulcers.
- Endoscopic Variceal ligation (Banding): For ligating the varices
- Dilatation of Strictures: Dilating narrowed passages.
- APC: Argon Plasma Coagulation of bleeding lesions.
- Foreign Body Removal: It involves taking out foreign bodies ingested by using endoscope and accessories.
- Endoscopic / Fluoroscopic Placement of Nasojejunal Tube: To maintain the nutrition in sick patients.
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: This procedure is done for long term nutritional management of neurological patients who cannot swallow to maintain their nutrition.
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: This is an advanced procedure which from a diagnostic tool has now acquired therapeutic dimension. Various treatments can be caused out using this procedure like:
- Bile duct stone removal
- Mechanical lithotripsy of large bile duct stones.
- Placing plastic /metallic stents for palliating or bypassing malignancies or treating biliary infections.