Minimally Invasive Interventional Services
The Internal Medicine Department is well-equipped with high-resolution flexible video endoscopes and rigid video scopes that can be utilized for esophagoscopy, gastroduodenoscopy, pharyngoscopy, laparoscopy, cystoscopy, urethroscopy, vaginoscopy, and rhinoscopy. State-of-the-art high-resolution ultrasound machines are routinely used to perform minimally invasive biopsy and aspiration procedures. Digital video fluoroscopy (moving x-rays) enable evaluation of esophageal and gastrointestinal motility, as well as tracheal and bronchial dynamic collapse.
GCVS is proud to offer the following interventional services:
Endoscopy & Laparoscopy
- Upper GI tract endoscopy (esophagoscopy, gastroscopy, duodenoscopy)
- Lower GI tract endoscopy (colonoscopy, ileoscopy)
- Urinary and genital tract endoscopy (cystoscopy, urethroscopy, vaginoscopy)
- Respiratory tract endoscopy (tracheoscopy, bronchoscopy, rhinoscopy)
- Pharyngoscopy/ laryngoscopy
Endoscopic & Laparoscopic-guided Procedures
- Basket retrieval of urethral and bladder calculi
- Biopsies of stomach, small and large bowel, nasal passage, and bladder
- Bronchoalveolar lavage
- Brush cytology of esophagus and bronchi
- Esophageal, gastric, tracheal foreign body retrieval
- Esophageal stricture dilation
- Laparoscopic liver biopsy and gallbladder aspirate
- Laser ablation of ectopic ureters
- Laser lithotripsy of urethral and bladder calculi
- Laser removal of persistent vaginal bands
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastric (PEG) tube placement
Other Procedures
- Abdominocentesis
- Arthrocentesis
- Bone marrow aspirate and biopsy
- Esophageal feeding tube placement
- Pericardiocentesis
- Thoracocentesis
Collaborative Procedures Performed with Multiple Specialists
- Coil occlusion of intrahepatic portosystemic shunts
- Tracheal stent placement
- Urethral stent placement
- Subcutaneous ureteral bypass (SUB) placement
- Ureteral stent placement
