Gastroenterology
What does this specialty do?
Gastroenterology is the medical specialty dedicated to the study, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases affecting the digestive system. The Gastroenterology service at the Fundación Valle del Lili It focuses on the management of highly complex digestive pathologies in adult and pediatric patients, working in an articulated manner with other medical-surgical subspecialties to provide comprehensive, safe and specialized care.
Diseases it treats
Esophagus, stomach and intestines
- Esophageal diseases
- stomach diseases
- Small bowel diseases
- Functional digestive disorders
- Upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding
- Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis)
- Irritable bowel syndrome and functional disorders
- Gastroesophageal reflux and esophagitis
- Food allergies (CMPA, IgE and non-IgE)
- Intestinal malabsorption (celiac disease, lactase deficiency, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency)
Colon and rectum
- Colon pathologies
- Diseases of the rectum
- Colorectal polyps
- Inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the colon
Liver, biliary tract and pancreas
- Liver diseases
- Gallbladder pathologies
- pancreatic diseases
- Acute and chronic pancreatitis
- Cystic fibrosis associated with pancreatic insufficiency
- Pancreatic and congenital cysts
- Highly complex pancreatobiliary pathologies
- Intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC, transient neonatal cholestasis)
- Viral hepatitis and autoimmune hepatitis
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD/NASH)
- Liver fibrosis and cirrhosis
- Biliary atresia and congenital malformations of the biliary tract
- Pediatric liver transplantation (pre- and post-management)
Complex diseases
- Difficult-to-control digestive pathologies
- Diseases that require interdisciplinary management and advanced procedures
- Lysosomal storage diseases with digestive and hepatic involvement
- Alagille syndrome
- Mitochondrial diseases with digestive or hepatic manifestations
Procedures or treatments
- Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Esophageal manometry
- Anorectal manometry
- Endoscopic resection of tumors
- Polypectomy
- Percutaneous endoscopic cholangiography
- Lithotripsy
- Breath test for detection of Helicobacter pylori
- Small bowel capsule endoscopy
- Cholangioscopy
- endoscopic ultrasound
- Esophageal pH-impedance
- Radiofrequency ablation of tumors in the esophagus, pancreas, and biliary tract
Subspecialties
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Pediatric Hepatology
- Gastrointestinal and Pancreatobiliary Pathology
Schedule an appointment
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Contact
Call us: (+57) 602 331 9090 ext. 7454
