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Endoscopic procedures performed by all gastroenterologists:


  • Gastroscopy

    • Diagnostic

    • Therapeutic

      • Acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage management

      • Variceal banding

      • Stricture dilatation

      • Enteral stenting

      • Argon plasma coagulation (APC)


  • Colonoscopy

    • Colon cancer screening

    • Polyp surveillance

    • Enteral stenting

    • Argon plasma coagulation (APC)

  • Video capsule endoscopy (VCE)



Additional procedures by Dr Stephen Philcox:



  • Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

  • Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) +/- fine needle aspiration (FNA) of solid lesions, lymph nodes, cysts etc.

  • EUS-guided therapeutic procedures e.g. transgastric cystostomy or pancreatic debridement, coeliac plexus block

  • Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)

    • Barrett’s HGD or dysplastic nodules

    • Small bowel polyps

    • Laterally spreading tumours

  • Deep enteroscopy

  • Endoscopic ampullectomy

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