Travancore Medical College > Institutes and Department > Super Speciality Departments > Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology provides inpatient and outpatient treatment of all gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic disorders. There is 24 hour emergency service for acute emergencies like varices bleed . All diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower gastro intestinal endoscopic procedures as well as ERCP procedures for biliary and pancreatic disease are routinely undertaken.
Major Procedures done:
The areas of service offered in Gastroenterology are:
- Esophageal motility and 24-hour pH monitoring
- Endoscopic papillotomy with removal of retained common bile duct stones, colonoscopy and colonoscopic polypectomy
- Malabsorption disorders, nutritional disorders, weight loss, intestinal and liver disease, parasitic infections and chronic secretory diarrhea
Treatments :
- Endoscopy (therapeutic, diagnostic)
- Colonoscopy (therapeutic, diagnostic)
- ERCP
- APC (Argon, Plasma, Coagulation)
- Herpetology ( Trans hepatic biopsy)
- Polypectomy
- Varicel Banding
- Varicel glue Injection
- Hot Biopsy
- Self expandeable metalic Stenting(Esophagel, Duodental, Colonic, Biliary)
- Foreign bodu removal
- PEG