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This department was
set up in 1996, to provide clinical and
endoscopic therapy. Till date over
50,000 patients belonging to both adult
and paediatric groups have been treated.
Gastroscopy and
Colonoscopy :
Sophisticated equipment like state-
of-the-art video endoscopes made by
Olympus (Japan), help EKO diagnose
virtually all mucosal diseases of the
gastrointestinal tract accurately and
rapidly. Significantly, it has been able
to bring therapeutic relief to patients
by application of techniques such as
foreign body extraction (coin, denture,
bone, meat bolus), dilatation of
strictures (both benign and malignant),
endoscopic haemostasis (stopping
bleeding from ulcers, vascular
malformation, varices), stenting for
malignant tumors (particularly
esophageal), removal of polypi from
stomach and colon and feeding tube
placement.
EKO is the first
institute to have introduced Argon
Plasma Coagulation in Eastern India and
to use "endoscopic clip
techniques" for cessation of G.I.
bleeding.
ERCP (Endoscopic
Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography):
Till date, more than 8000 ERCP
procedures have been performed in the
department. Since MRCP has reduced the
need to do ERCP for diagnostic purposes,
most of the ERCPs done in recent times
have been for treating
pancreatico-biliary diseases. Procedures
include stone and round worm extraction
from bile and pancreatic duct, plastic
and metal stenting for biliary
strictures and cancers, pancreatic
pseudocyst drainage and nasobiliary
drainage for control of cholangitis. EKO
has been the first institute in eastern
India to use metal stents and to do
endoscopic pseudocyst drainage.
Capsule Endoscopy
(Wireless Endoscopy):
The EKO Capsule Endoscopy system from
Given Imaging, Israel helps perform
novel small intestinal endoscopy. Over
the last 3 years more than 120 patients
with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
have been attended to by the institute.
Introduction of Capsule Endoscopy has
given new hope to patients with small
intestinal diseases, which earlier often
required surgery (laparotomy) for
diagnosis.
Urea Breath Test:
Our Urea Breath Test machine, the only
one in Eastern India, is used for
non-invasive diagnosis of gastric
helicobacter pylori, which is now
considered to be the foremost cause of
peptic ulcers, gastric carcinoma and
some lymphomas. It is the best way to
detect and confirm eradication of
bacteria, while avoiding endoscopy and
biopsy.
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