GVN Hospital

The Small intestine has long been the most difficult organ to access in gastorintestinal endoscopy. Therefore it has been know as The Dark Continent. Now, with the introduction of fujinon's new Double Balloon Endoscopy System at GVN Hospital, we are able to shed light on this uncharted territory while providing much needed therapeutic treatment, unike capsule endoscopy which is a purely diagnostic procedure.

Double Balloon Endoscope

The innovative double ballon endoscope is the world's first video entreoscope that allows the observation of the entire small intestine with two baloons fitted on to the tips of the scope and overtube. it has a forceps channel that enables routine biopsy as well as other common therapeutic interventions. Furthermore, the unique Doubal Balloon method allows for visualization of any region of the small intestine. Double Balloon

Enteroscopes:

Double Balloon Enteroscopes : 1. Controlled observation back and forth, directed biops and endoscopic treatment in small intestine is now possible. 2. Therapeutic intervention in-samll intestine stenosis, bleeding, polyps and foreign body removal are possible. 3. Pancreatic billiary interventions in patients with Roux-en-Y anatomy and post barriatic surgery. 4. Coomon indications are polyposis syndrome, inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's obsure GI Bleeding, small bowel strictures, Malaborbtion syndrome. 5. A potential colonoscopy. 6. Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of small bowel tumour.

Clinical pictures in small intestine