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The recently established ‘Institute of Gastrosciences’ at the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital is an institute providing comprehensive care for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for patients with digestive disorders.

Equipped with the world’s latest endoscopic equipment and manned by highly experienced and reputed consultants as well as staff, this institute provides state of the art care to patients having problems related to their digestive system.

In-spite of being a technologically advanced institute, it also offers compassionate clinical care to a wide cross section of our population irrespective of their financial status.

Due to its comprehensive nature and extensive experience of the consultants at this institute, diagnosis, and treatment of almost any GI problem is available here affecting any organ of the digestive tract like esophagus, stomach, small & large intestines, liver, gall bladder as well as pancreas.

In addition to clinical care, the institute has been recognized as a center of excellence in providing training to aspiring endoscopists from India as well as abroad.

Speciality clinics of the Institute

(These clinics will be run on separate days of the week where patients can avail of expert advice from our experienced consultants)

Acidity clinic
Constipation clinic
Jaundice clinic
Pancreas clinic
IBS (Irritable bowel syndrome) clinic
IBD (Inflammatory bowel disease) clinic
Neurogastroenterology clinic
Stone clinic (Gall bladder, Bile duct & Pancreas stones)
GI Preventive and Wellness clinic

Speciality divisions of the Institute

Division of Clinical Gastroenterology (Examination by our expert consultants and breath analysis for H-pylori and intestinal bacterial overgrowth)
Division of Clinical Gastroenterology (Examination by our expert consultants and breath analysis for H-pylori and intestinal bacterial overgrowth)
Division of Biliary and Pancreatic endoscopy (ERCP) - For diseases of the biliary and pancreatic system
Division of Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS)
Division of Endoscopic surgery (3rd space endoscopic procedures like POEM, G-POEM, Z-POEM, D-POEM, EMR, ESD, STER, EFTR, anti-reflux endotherapy)
Division of Bariatric endoscopy (Balloon placement, ESG - Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty for obesity)
Division of Lithotripsy (ESWL - Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for powdering stones in the pancreas and bile duct without surgery)
Division of Neurogastroenterology - High resolution manometry, pH metry, Impedence planimetry)
Division of Endoscopy training (World’s latest endoscopy sim
Division of Clinical research and Academics
Division of community service, preventive gastroenterology and GI wellness

Advanced technology installed at the Institute

World’s latest endoscopic equipment from the top endoscope manufacturing companies of the world having image enhancement & zoom technology to picking up early cancers of the digestive tract
Ultra-high-quality real-time X-ray imaging systems for a very accurate assessment of the pathology during advanced procedures
Advanced energy delivery platforms) for enabling very precise dissection during endoscopic surgical procedures
5th generation capsule endoscope for visualizing the entire small intestine accurately
Specialized enteroscopes for performing diagnosis as well as therapy of small intestinal problems
Breath tests for detecting H-pylori infection or small bowel bacterial overgrowth
Advanced solid state manometry systems to detect motility problems of the esophagus and the anal sphincter
Advanced endoscope disinfecting machines to make the endoscopic procedure safe for the patients
Fibroscan for measuring stiffness of the liver

Unique technology at the Institute which is only available in this part of the world

Thulium LASER for the pulverizing of large bile duct and pancreatic stones
Dornier Delta III Pro, Shock wave lithotripsy machine (ESWL) for dusting stones in the pancreatic duct without any surgery
Endoflip impedance planimetry system for real-time measurement of distensibility during procedures like POEM
Artificial intelligence enabled X-ray machines with high resolution for enabling very advanced procedures related to the biliary and pancreatic system

Infrastructure

7 Diagnostic endoscopy suites all equipped with the latest endoscopic equipment having enhanced imaging, zoom, high resolution and high magnification (This allows our consultants to diagnose early pathology like cancer when it is in the curable stage)
3 Ultra-modern Interventional endoscopy suites for performing major endoscopic surgical procedures like advanced ERCP, 3rd space endoscopy (POEM, G-POEM, D-POEM, Z-POEM, STER, EFTR, ESD, EMR), Bariatric endoscopy (ESG)
19 bedded fully equipped pre and post recovery ward with multiple nursing counters for optimum patient care before and after procedures and for performing day-care therapy
Post procedure counselling room for one-to-one discussion between the patients/relatives with our consultants

Services

Clinical gastroenterology for any symptoms related to the digestive system
Diagnostic endoscopy - Upper GI endoscopy (Gastroscopy - To examine the esophagus, stomach, and proximal duodenum), Lower GI endoscopy - To examine the terminal ileum and colon), Enteroscopy (Spiral and Double balloon - To examine the entire small intestine),
Interventional upper GI endoscopy - Foreign body removal - Esophageal dilatation - Endotherapy of esophageal & gastric varices - Esophageal polyp removal - Esophageal stenting for advanced malignancy - Argon plasma coagulation for GAVE - Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) - Injection, APC & clipping for bleeding ulcers - Duodenal stenting for malignant gastric outlet obstruction - Balloon dilatation for benign gastric outlet obstructions
Interventional lower GI endoscopy - Colonic polypectomy - Colonic argon plasma coagulation - Balloon dilatation of post anastomotic colonic strictures - Colonic stenting for advanced obstructing malignancy - Colonic decompression for pseudo-obstruction - Treatment of bleeding internal hemorrhoids
Interventional ERCP - Removal of bile duct stones - Intraductal cholangioscopy with LASER for large bile duct stones - Removal of pancreatic duct stones - Intraductal pancreatoscopy with LASER for large pancreatic duct stones - Plastic and metal stenting for benign or malignant bile duct obstruction - Pancreatic duct stenting for pancreatic duct strictures
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) - Diagnosis and staging of malignancies - FNAC/FNAB for tissue diagnosis - EUS guided biliary and pancreatic drainage - EUS guided pseudocyst drainage - EUS guided gastro-jejunostomy - EUS guided gall bladder drainage - EUS guided aspiration of extraluminal collections
Endoscopic surgery and 3rd space endoscopy - POEM (Peroral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia cardia) - G-POEM (Gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy for gastric outlet obstruction) - Z-POEM (Zenker’s peroral endoscopic septotomy) - D-POEM (Diverticular peroral endoscopic myotomy) - STER (Submucosal tunnelling endoscopic resection of subepithelial tumors) - EFTR (Endoscopic full-thickness resection of tumors) - EMR (Endoscopic mucosal resection of flat superficial lesions) - ESD (Endoscopic submucosal dissection of early cancers)
Bariatric endoscopy - Endoscopic balloon placement - ESG (Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty) - TORe (Transoral outlet reduction)
Lithotripsy (ESWL) - Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for pancreatic stones and difficult bile duct stones

Common symptoms for which patients should avail services of the Institute