The following is a list of some of the common services and procedures offered by our gastroenterologists.
To learn more about a service or a procedure, click on the appropriate link below.
Endoscopies are used by a variety of specialists.
GI endoscopies refer to the following:
First, what is an endoscopy?
Flexible sigmoidoscopy - rectum to lower colon
Colonoscopy - entire colon, from rectum to the lower end of the small intestine
Virtual Colonoscopy - uses x rays and computers to produce two- and three-dimensional images of the colon (large intestine) from the lowest part, the rectum, all the way to the lower end of the small intestine and display them on a screen
Capsule Endoscopy - looks at the small bowel
Upper Endoscopy - esophagus, stomach, duodenum
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Test (ERCP) - liver, gall bladder, pancreas, bile ducts
Liver Biopsy - GI procedure. Not an endoscopy, but performed in the GI endoscopy unit
Transit Study - GI procedure. Not an endoscopy, but performed in the GI endoscopy unit
