Digestive Endoscopy Unit - Greencity Medical Center

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DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY UNIT

The Endoscopy unit is a special facility that offers both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures wherein direct visualization of internal structures of the body is done using the latest fiber-optic instruments that can incorporate specialized tools. A camera within the endoscope records and projects the images into a monitor which guides the gastroenterologists to safely manipulate the scope.

Services Offered

Gastroscopy

Gastroscopy is a procedure that allows direct visualization of esophageal, gastric, and duodenal mucosa using a flexible video scope that is especially valuable when abnormalities, inflammatory, and/or neoplastic or infectious processes are suspected.

Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy is a procedure that allows direct visualization of the colonic mucosa and distal small bowel and also for therapeutic interventions such as polyp removal (polypectomy) and biopsy using a flexible video scope.

Proctosigmoidoscopy

Proctosigmoidoscopy is a procedure that allows direct visualization of the colonic mucosa from the anus up to the sigmoid area.

Foreign Body Extraction

Foreign body extraction is a procedure that uses a videoscope to retrieve foreign body through ingestion, insertion, or aspiration

Polypectomy

Polypectomy is an endoscopic procedure wherein the polyp is snared and cut across using diathermy.

Endoscopic Rubber Band Ligation

Band ligation is a variceal ligation method used for the ligation of esophageal varices around the gastroesophageal junction.

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

ERCP is the direct visualization of the structures of the liver system that is carried out via a side-viewing flexible fiber optic endoscope.

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Insertion

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy is the placement of gastrostomy tube used to provide nutrition to patients requiring nutritional support. This is also a method used for the decompression of the stomach of patients with gastrointestinal obstruction.

Paracentesis

It is a procedure to extract fluid that has collected in the belly (peritoneal fluid) using a long, thin needle that is then sent to a laboratory to determine the cause of the fluid buildup.

Bronchoscopy

Bronchoscopy is a procedure that looks inside the lung airways. It involves inserting a bronchoscope tube into your nose or mouth, down your throat, into your trachea or windpipe, and finally to the bronchi and bronchioles of your lungs.

Nasopharyngolaryngoscopy

Nasopharyngolaryngoscopy is a procedure that visualizes the nasopharyngeal and laryngeal area, using the bronchoscope or a rigid scope. With this procedure, the doctor will be able to see if there are abnormalities within the nasal area down to the larynx.