| Equipments |
- Diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopes
- Push enteroscope
- Capsule endoscopy
- Sideviewing scope for pancreaticobiliary work
- EUS scope
- Esophageal manometry
- 24-h pH metry
- Anorectal manometry
- Ultrasound
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| List of procedures |
- Diagnostic upper and lower GI endoscopes:A monthly average of 500 upper endoscopies and 180 colonoscopies are performed in the department.
- Band ligation of varices
- Endoscopic sclerotherapy
- Endoscopic hemostasis
- Endoscopic foreign body removal
- Achalasia and balloon dilatation of esophageal and gastrointestinal strictures
- Savary dilatation of strictures
- Polypectomy
- Colonic dilatation
- Enteroscopy
- Coloenteroscopy
- Endoscopic ultrasound:We are one of the very few centers in the state Kerala having this facility of imaging of gastro intestinal wall, biliary and pancreatic duct and surrounding organs
- Percutaneous Endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG):This is a non - surgical technique for percutaneous placement of a feeding gastrotomy tube using an endoscope. In the department, an average of 10 cases is performed in a month.
- Esophageal stenting for patients with obstructing esophageal carcinoma.
- ERCP:In the department, we perform 30 cases of ERCPs at an average per month
- Biliary balloon dilatation
- Bougie dilatation
- Nasobiliary or nasopancreatic drainage
- Needle knife papillotomy
- Sphincterotomy
- Stent placement
- Mechanical lithotripsy
- CBD stone extraction/clearance
- Radiofrequency ablation and percutaneous ethanol injection for malignant tumours.
- Capsule endoscopy:Our center is one of the very few centers in the entire South India and the first in Kerala to introduce this modern facility for visualisation of small intestines.
- Esophageal and anorectal manometry:We have developed a center of excellence to have this facility, which is only of the few centers in India.
- 24-hr pH metry
- Transjugular liver biopsy
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