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Programs and Therapies 

For Your Digestive Care Needs

Digestive care services offers a full array of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy services for patients.

  • Ablative therapies of Barrett’s esophagus
  • Colon cancer screening
  • Colonoscopy
  • Double-balloon endoscopy
  • Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), including sphincterotomy and biliary stent placement
  • Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
  • Endoscopy services, including treatment for achalasia and diagnosis and treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux (GERD)
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • Nutritional consultation and education
  • Percutaneous liver biopsy
  • Placement of external feeding tubes (gastrostomy)
  • Polypectomy
  • Small Bowel Multivisceral transplant
  • Spy GlassTM Direct Visual System
  • Studies of esophageal problems, such as difficulty swallowing

Viewing the Inside Tract

Endoscopy is the science of viewing the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon and gallbladder with scopes that provide video and sonographic images of these areas.

Where are endoscopy procedures performed?
The gastrointestinal service area and lab is located in Truett hospital, Suite 146. The lab consists of 10 procedure rooms and a 24-bed observation area within the 18,000 square foot department, allowing patients to remain in the same area to recover following their procedures.