Department of Gastrointestinal Science aims at preventing, diagnosing and treating digestive tract and liver disorders. These mainly include conditions involving the pancreas, liver, gallbladder, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and colon. The functioning of the entire digestive system both related to the passage of food through the digestive canal to the physiological process of food digestion , absorption , and elimination come under the purview of this speciality . 

It include the medical and surgical treatment of diseases such as pancreatitis , reflux , peptic ulcer disease, cirrhosis of liver , inflammatory bowel disease , irritable bowel syndrome and cancer. The expert team of gastroenterologists and surgeons work together as a team with best of the advanced diagnostic technologies.

 

Treatments

 

• Identification and staging of the disease

• Controlling the risk factors

• Medicines to retard progression of the disease

• Endoscopy to identify and treat esophageal varices, PHG

• Taping ascitic fluid

• Liver transplant evaluation for end stage liver disease

• Maintaining BP and fluid balance

• Avoiding multi organ failure

• Colonoscopy & biopsy

• Immunosupressive medicines

• Biologicals for severe disease