Changi General Hospital - Gastroenterology

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The Division of Gastroenterology is devoted to the clinical care of patients with gastrointestinal and liver disorders. These include peptic ulcer disease, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, functional gastrointestinal disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, pancreatico-biliary diseases, acute and chronic liver disease as well as gastrointestinal and liver malignancies. The Division is also actively involved in clinical research as well as both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

Clinical Service Outpatients

The Division of Gastroenterology provides consultation as well as performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases. consultations are available at general gastroenterology clinics on weekdays as well as at a dedicated hepatitis B clinic on Monday afternoon. Staff from the Division of Gastroenterology manage Inpatients in a dedicated Gastroenterology Ward and provide both intra- and inter-departmental consultative services. Elective diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures are carried out on weekdays at our Endoscopy Centre. A dedicated team of gastroenterologists is available round the clock to treat patients with upper or lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

Changi General Hospital has a state-of-the-art Endoscopy Centre fully equipped to offer comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy service.

Diagnostic endoscopic procedures
- Gastroscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Enteroscopy
- Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)
- Double balloon endoscopic
Interventional endoscopic procedures
- Polypectomy
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP)
- EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration / injection
- Endoscopic hemostasis for non-variceal gastrointestinal haemorrhage
- Endoscopic hemostasis for variceal haemorrhage
- Endoscopic dilatation / stent placement
- Endoscopic laser therapy / argon plasma coagulation
Other procedures
- 24-hour pH studies for assessment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
- Wireless capsule endoscopy for the evaluation of small bowel disorders such as obscure gastrointestinal bleeding or suspected Crohn's disease
- Percutaneous liver biopsy

Research Interest

We are committed to clinical research in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology. We also have a dedicated research unit staffed by our clinical research associates and we are actively involved in international, multi-centre clinical trials. View Publications.

Please visit our Health Library for Health Education materials on Gastroenterology.

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