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Diseases and Examinations/Treatments Managed by the Department of Gastroenterology
Diseases
Group of GI tract diseases
Esophagitis, esophageal varices, esophageal polyps, esophageal cancer, gastritis, Helicobacter pylori infection, gastric ulcer, gastric varices, gastric polyps, gastric cancer, duodenitis, duodenal ulcer, duodenal polyps, duodenal cancer, enteritis, intestinal obstruction, small intestine bleeding, small intestine polyps, small intestine cancer, colitis, diverticulitis of the colon, diverticular bleeding of the colon, colon polyps, colon cancer, gastrointestinal endocrine tumors, mesenchymal tumors (such as GIST), gastrointestinal polyposis, eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, intestinal Behçet's disease.
Group of Biliary and Pancreatic diseases
Pancreatic cancer, biliary tract cancer, common bile duct stones, gallstones, intrahepatic stones, postoperative biliary stricture, pancreatic cysts (IPMN, MCN, SCN), acute pancreatitis, complications after pancreatitis (pseudocysts, walled-off necrosis), chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic stones, autoimmune pancreatitis, IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Group of Liver diseases
Viral hepatitis, fulminant hepatitis and acute liver failure, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma.
Examinations
- Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
- Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy
- Capsule endoscopy
- Double-balloon endoscopy
- CT, MRI, PET
- Genetic panel testing
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Endoscopic ultrasound
(EUS) -
EUS-FNA/B
(Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration/Biopsy) -
ERCP
(Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) - Abdominal ultrasound
- Liver stiffness measurement
- Liver biopsy
Treatments
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Drug therapy
(chemotherapy) -
Drug therapy
(for inflammatory bowel diseases, etc.) -
Gastrointestinal endoscopic treatment
(EMR, ESD, etc.) -
Endoscopic hemostasis
(EIS, EVL, etc.) - Gastrointestinal stent placement
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Gastrointestinal drainage procedures
(e.g., ileus tube) -
ERCP
(stent placement, stone removal) -
DB-ERCP
(Double Balloon Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) -
Interventional EUS
(Endoscopic Ultrasound) - Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage
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Endoscopic treatment for secondary complications of severe acute pancreatitis
(walled-off necrosis, pancreatic pseudocysts) -
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
(ESWL) -
Radiofrequency ablation
(RFA) -
Next-generation microwave ablation
(MWA) -
Transarterial chemoembolization
(TACE)