Gastroenterology

The speciality of gastroenterology involves the diagnosis and management of patients with diseases of the intestines, liver and biliary tree, and pancreas. Medical gastroenterology largely involves the diagnosis and management of patients using medicine and minimally invasive interventions, eg. endoscopy.

Treatments and services

• Cancer of the liver
• Cancer of the pancreas
• Cirrhosis
• Coeliac disease
• Crohn's disease
• Diagnostic endoscopy of the stomach
• Diverticular problems
• Endoscopy
• Gastrectomy
• Gastroenteritis
• Gastroenterology
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease(GORD)
• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Hiatus hernia
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Liver disease - alcoholic
• Liver disease - autoimmune
• Liver disease - fatty liver
• Pancreatitis
• Peptic ulcer
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Therapeutic endoscopy on the stomach
• Ulcerative colitis

 

 

Procedures:

Procedures performed at our gastroenterology department include:

• Gastroscopy
• Variceal Banding
• Colonoscopy

Sigmoidoscopy