Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology Treatments at St. Elizabeth's

A multidisciplinary approach to digestive diseases is achieved through close collaboration with surgeons, hematologists and oncologists, radiologists, and other specialties throughout the medical center. St. Elizabeth’s expanded endoscopy facility provides minimal wait time for patients requiring a colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening.

Gastroenterology treatments & services include:

• Advanced Endoscopy, using minimally invasive procedures—without incisions—to diagnose and treat many disorders of the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, gallbladder, liver, pancreas and colon
• Colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening with polyp removal
• Diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, including the management of these diseases during pregnancy)
• Management of Hepatitis B and C, as well as other liver diseases
• Management of esophageal diseases, including esophageal motility studies and 24-hour pH monitoring
• Diagnostic and therapeutic biliary endoscopy, including stent placement and stone removal
• Endoscopic ultrasound
• Video capsule endoscopy
• Small bowel enteroscopy
• Placement of feeding tubes into the stomach (PEG) or small intestine (PEJ) for patients who require supplemental feeding
• Management of gastrointestinal cancers using stent placement (esophageal, colonic, duodenal, and biliary stenosis) or argon beam coagulation