Advanced gut health procedures

In this procedure, a thin, flexible, lighted tube with a camera, or endoscope, is inserted down the throat and esophagus, accessing the stomach and small intestine (duodenum). This allows us to visually examine the upper GI tract and take biopsies if needed.

Using endoscopy, this procedure treats internal bleeding—often in the upper gastrointestinal tract—using an injection of a special substance, the application of heat, or a hemoclip (a kind of clamp used temporarily).

This endoscopic procedure removes precancerous or other abnormal tissues from the esophagus, stomach, intestines, or rectum.

Removes tissue samples from the liver and checks them under a microscope for signs of inflammation or disease.

The sigmoid is a portion of the lower part of the colon. An endoscopic device -a sigmoidoscope- is inserted up the rectum and into the sigma. This procedure can be performed with a flexible tube (flexible sigmoidoscopy) to provide a view of the lower colon and rectum, taking biopsies if needed.

An endoscopic device is inserted into the rectum to examine it and the entire colon for signs of inflammation, cancer, or other growths—an examination of your lower GI tract.

A minimally invasive procedure for removing polyps—abnormal (noncancerous or precancerous) growths—from the colon and, on rare occasions, from the stomach. The polyps may be removed with a sling (tiny tools passed through the endoscope). This makes endoscopy an intermediate step before surgery that can treat or prevent a future malignant condition.