Endoscopy

Our endoscopy team provides a range of high-quality diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy and bronchoscopy.

Endoscopy is a non-surgical procedure to examine the inside of a patient and allows our medical team to make a diagnosis and form a treatment plan. We examine the digestive tract and respiratory tract through an endoscope, a flexible viewing tube with a light and camera attached. This can be through:

• The mouth into the stomach (gastroscopy)
• The anus into the large bowel (colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy)
• The mouth into the lungs (bronchoscopy) 
• The mouth into the stomach, then bile duct (ERCP – endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography)

Endoscopy is also used for the removal of polyps, small gallstones and insertion of feeding tubes.