Gastro Sciences

Gastroenterology

ICU, modern endoscopic theatre with endoscopy, colonscopy, enteroscopy, ERCP and all therapeutic endoscopic procedure like EVL, polypectomy, APC, PEG/RIG-feeding, submucosal resection. The OP facility includes general OPD with liver and pancreatic clinic.

Surgical Gastroenterology & Liver Transplant

The Department of Surgical Gastroenterology of Caritas Hospital is the only liver transplantation centre in Central Travancore.

The Surgical Gastroenterology Division of the Hospital has an outstanding team of doctors comprising Hepato-pancreato-biliary & liver-organ transplant surgeons, hepatologists, pancreato-biliary endoscopy experts, Hepato-biliary radiologists/interventional radiologists and liver transplant anesthesiologists. They offer the latest diagnosis and surgical treatment for luminal gastroenterology, hepato-pancreato-biliary diseases and esophageal dysfunctions, with advanced facilities in GI Pathology and GI Oncology.

Therapeutic Upper GI Procedures.

Therapeutic & Diagnostic Radiology Procedures

FNAC, Liver biopsy
Biliary obstruction – Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage (PTBD)
Bile duct strictures – Stenting
Bile duct cancer – Metallic stent placement
Chronic pancreatitis – Pancreatic stenting
Pancreas Divisum – Minor pappilla stenting
Papillary carcinoma – ampullectomy
Pancreatic Pseudocyst – Cystogastrostomy, Cystoduodenostomy
Rendezvous biliary stenting
Liver tumours – Percutaneous Ethanol injection (PEI)
Variceal bleeding – Sclerotherapy, variceal banding, hemoclips
Gastric varices – Cyanoacrylate glue injection
Ulcer bleed – Injection Haemostasis, Gold probe, Haemoclips
Mallory Weiss Tears – Injection haemostasis
Foreign body – extraction
Corrosive/Peptic stricture – Savary Gilliard Dilatation, TTS Balloon dilatation

Achalasia Cardia – Rigiflex Balloon dilatation
Carcinoma Esophagus/ GE junction – Ethanol tumour necrolysis, self-expandable metal stent placement
Tracheo-esophageal fistulas – Covered SEMS placement
Pyloric stenosis – TTS balloon dilatation, SEMS placement
Gastric Polyps – Endoscopic polypectomy
Early-stage gastric/esophageal cancer – Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)
Feeding technique – PEG, PEGJ, Nasojejunal feeding tube placement
Therapeutic lower GI endoscopic procedures
Colonic polyps – Polypectomy + tattooing
Diverticular Bleed – Injection haemostasis
Carcinoma colon – Metallic stent placement
Therapeutic ERCP procedures
Bile duct stones – Basket/balloon extraction; lithotripsy

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