| Gastrointestinal endoscopy is a major aspect of the practice of
gastroenterology. Endoscopy involves looking inside the digestive
tract with special instruments called endoscopes. These marvelous
instruments are a long tube with a powerful light and a tiny TV camera which enable
us to carefully examine the digestive organs without having to
perform an incision or major surgery. The endoscopes can be precisely
controlled to take biopsies and use other miniature instruments
to perform endoscopic surgery. These procedures enable us to accurately
diagnose and treat a wide variety of conditions which affect the
digestive organs. These procedures can eliminate the need for
and have replaced major surgery as the ideal treatment for many
conditions. Endoscopic procedures do not require general anesthesia
and in most cases can be done on an outpatient basis. We also
perform highly specialized procedures such as ERCP for diagnosis
and treatment disorders of pancreas and bile ducts. Nonsurgical hemorrhoid treatments are also performed in our office.
The newest additions to our sophisticated technology are capsule
endoscopy and Bravo pH monitoring. The capsule endoscope is a pill shaped
device that is swallowed by the patient. It transmits images of the
digestive tract to a recorder worn outside the body. The Bravo pH monitor is
a tiny device that is implanted in the esophagus. It records acid levels and
transmits the data to a recorder worn outside the body.
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Some of the Endoscopic Procedures we perform include
the following:
Gastroscopy
(Esophagogastroduodenoscopy)
Esophageal Dilation
Colonoscopy
ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde
CholangioPancreatography)
Capsule Endoscopy
Bravo pH Monitoring
Treatment of Hemorrhoids
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