Our mission at GAP is to provide comprehensive, state of the art, patient-centered care in gastroenterology and hepatology in a compassionate, timely, and cost-effective manner. An endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus. It can provide a visual diagnosis and grants the opportunity for biopsy or removal of suspected colorectal cancer lesions.
Allows the physician to see the upper GI tract including the esophagus, stomach and the duodenum using an endoscope. It evaluates difficulty swallowing, upper abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, can detect inflammation, ulcers, or tumors in the esophagus, stomach, or duodenum. An endoscopic ultrasound EUS is a test performed that allows your doctor to examine the lining and the walls of your upper and lower gastrointestinal tract, or to study closeby internal organs such as the gallbladder and pancreas.
Hemorrhoids are swollen veins in the lower rectum that may cause discomfort. There are two types: external or internal. This medication is administered to you through an intravenous IV needle in one of the veins in your arm.
Colonoscopy is the only test recomended at year intervals if no polyps are found. Your gastroenterologist will recommend the interval of repeat colonoscopy based on findings during colonoscopy and surveillance guidelines.
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