Overview

VishwaRaj Hospital’s Centre for Gastro Sciences has a comprehensive treatment program for patients with gastrointestinal conditions. The centre caters and addresses diseases of the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon and rectum, pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts and liver. It is devoted to the clinical care of patients with digestive and liver disorders.

Treatment & Services

Some of these conditions treated at our Centre for Gastroenterology include:

Ulcers

Ulcers are infective sores that develop in the lining of the stomach, oesophagus or small intestine, mainly caused by a bacteriacalled Helicobacter pylori. The spicy food and the acid present in the food can make these ulcers even worse. Doctors suggest holistic measures including medicines to reduce stomach acids. In some cases, ulcers can need surgery for treatment.

Bloody Stool

Experiencing blood in the stool can indicate a serious underlying disease of bleeding in the digestive tract. There can be different causes of bloody stool like Anal fissure, Peptic ulcers, Piles, Colon cancer etc. One must visit a gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology Hospital in Punefor such concerns and get herself treated on time.

Colon Cancer

Colon is the big intestine, located at the end of the digestive tract. Cancer that develops in the colon or rectum is called Colon cancer. Symptoms of colon cancer may include bleeding from the rectum, blood in the stool, abdominal cramps, excessive gas, abdominal pain, etc.

Hemorrhoids

It is a very common medical condition mostly known as piles.
(Please mention incidence and prevalance) This happens because the veins in the rectum and anus gets swollen and inflamed. It is caused by a lot of reasons like straining during bowel movement, pregnancy or obesity. Piles treatment requires lifestyle modification, medications and surgery. Our surgeons are expert in successfully treating piles.

Acid reflux

It is a strong burning sensation felt in the lower chest areadue to reverse flow of acids of the stomach back in the food pipe.

Our Approach to Patients

Our Centre delivers comprehensive and personalized care to each patient to ensure the most effective treatment. The centre not only offers leading-edge approaches for diagnosis and treatment but also provide patients with personalized support and education to help them cope with long-term illness and treatment.

Infrastructure

At Centre of Gastro Sciences, our experienced specialists use advanced diagnostic methods to diagnose the cause of a patient’s problem and determine the degree of severity. The state of the art Endoscopy centre is supported by a highly experienced endoscopy technician along with a dedicated and trained nursing staff.

Department Of Gastroenterology

All About Gastroenterology

Overview about Gastroenterology

Treatments & Services

Gastroenterology is the medical branch of health science that deals and focuses on the health issues and disorders related to the digestive system.

The digestive system helps to break down the food into nutrients that are used by the body for growth and cell repair. These nutrients give energy to the body to perform all the activities. Now, any disorder or disease in the digestive system can be a big problem as the digestive system is an important part of the body.

The Gastroenterology department at VishwaRaj Hospital caters and addresses diseases of the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon and rectum, pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts and liver. Our gastroenterologist examines, diagnose and treats all the GI disorders. They perform endoscopic procedures to look into the GI tract and diagnose a disorder. In almost all cases, a gastroenterologist will treat all these disorders with just the medicines and non-surgical treatments. Any particular disorder that may need surgery will be then transferred to a GI surgeon.

Gastroenterologist Disorders

There are a lot of GI disorders and disease that are treated by a gastroenterologist. Some of these conditions are:

1. Ulcers - Ulcers are sores that develop in the lining of the stomach, oesophagus or small intestine. Ulcers are caused by a bacterial infection, Helicobacter pylori. The spicy food and the acid present in the food can make these ulcers even worse. Doctors will prescribe medicines to reduce stomach acids. In some cases, ulcers can need surgery for the treatment.
2. Bloody Stool - Experiencing blood in the stool can indicate a serious underlying disease. Bloody stool means that there is some kind of bleeding in the digestive tract. There are different causes of bloody stool like Anal fissure, Peptic ulcers, etc. One must visit a gastroenterologist for this issue and get himself treated on time.
3. Colon Cancer - Colon is located at the end of the digestive tract. Cancer that develops in the colon or rectum is called colon cancer. Symptoms of colon cancer may include bleeding from the rectum, blood in the stool, abdominal cramps, excessive gas, abdominal pain, etc. It is diagnosed with Fecal testing, blood testing, Xray, etc.
4. Hemorrhoids - It is a very common medical condition mostly known as piles. This happens because of the veins in the rectum and anus gets swollen and inflamed. It is caused by a lot of reasons like straining during bowel movement, pregnancy or obesity. In most cases, it can be treated with some dietary changes. While in other cases, surgery may be required to remove it.
5. Acid reflux - It is a strong burning sensation felt in the lower chest area. It is a medical condition in which the acids of the stomach flows back up in the food pipe. This stomach acid is hydrochloric acid that breaks down the food. So, when this acid flows back to the food pipe, a burning sensation can be felt, also called heartburn.

Gastroenterology At VishwaRaj Hospital

Following are some health conditions related to digestive system that comes under the Gastroenterology department and are treated by gastroenterologist:

Treatments & Cure

1. Gastroscopy
2. Colonoscopy
3. ERCP
4. PEG Tube Insertion
5. Esophagial Banding
6.Biopsy
7. Sclerotherapy
8. Polypectomy
9. Bronchoscopy
10. Polypectomy biopsy
11. Foreign body removal
12. Stent removal
13. Sigmoidoscopy
14. Esophageal dilation
15. Percutaneous Gastrostomy
16. Capsule Endoscopy
17. Billary stone removal
18. Sphincterotomy
19. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
20. Ampullary Cancer
21. Duodenoscopy
22. Sigmoidoscopy
23. Glue injection
24. Colonic and gastric APC (Argon plasma Coagulation)
25. Esophageal stenting
26. Clip application
27. Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage(PTBD)

Services

Infrastructure at Gastroenterology Department

In the department of gastroenterology at VishwaRaj Hospital, we provide both medical and surgical treatment of diseases such as colon polyps, gastrointestinal cancer, jaundice, cirrhosis of the liver, gastroesophageal reflux (heartburn), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), pancreatitis, peptic ulcer disease, nutritional problems, colitis, gallbladder and biliary tract disease etc. The entire digestive system functioning, including food passage and the subsequent physiological processes of digestion, absorption and elimination with associated problems are treated in this speciality.

Our department is made to prevent, diagnose and treat all the GI disorders with the best treatments on time. We have separate OPDs for non-surgical consultations and best technology equipment for surgical GI disorders.

Our Expert Doctors- Gastroenterology Department

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Dr Akshay Bhangale

Consultant -Gastroenterology

MD, Fellowship in Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Monday & Saturday – 10am – 01pm

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2 Years of Working Experience

Dr Kiran Shinde

Gastroenterology

MBBS MD(Med) DM(Gastro)
Consultant -Gastroenterology

Tuesday, Thursday, – 10am to 1pm

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