Gastroenterology In Saifee Hospital Mumbai

The Gastroenterology department of Saifee Hospital is a highly active facility providing comprehensive speciality care by eminent gastroenterologists of Mumbai. Both Clinical Gastroenterology and Endoscopy are adequately represented. Clinical Gastroenterology involves complete management of diseases like acidity, diarrhoea, jaundice, cirrhosis of the liver, pancreatitis, colitis, gallstones, weight loss or gain, cancers of the gastrointestinal system and also gastrointestinal bleeding. The Gastroenterology department is backed by state of the art videoendoscopes which are used not only to diagnose GI diseases but also to treat the same. This obviates the need for standard surgery and prevents scars and shortens hospital stay. Newer treatments now available for:

• Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C
• Management of Cirrhosis of Liver
• Treatment of Liver Cancers

Endoscopy :-

Endoscopy procedure is minimally invasive and is used to assess the condition of inner body surfaces/parts by using an Endoscope. This procedure is used not only for diagnosis but also treatment eg. G.I.Bleeding, Removal of Polyps (benign tumour), removal of biliary stones, dilatation of blocked gastorintestinal passages, placement of stents and feeding tubes, removal of swallowed foreign bodies (common in children) etc. The servies offered are :

• Therapeutic Upper GI Endoscopy (Minor)• Variceal sclerotheropy
  • Injection of bleeding ulcer
  • Asojejunal tube placement
  • Foreign body removal
• Therapeutic Upper GI Endoscopy (Major)• Variceal glue injection
  • Variceal banding
  • Heater probe coagulation
  • Savary Giliard Dilation