Gastroenterology is a very sought after subspeciality of medicine because of tremendous advantages which have been made in the endoscopic procedures. These procedures not only allow recurrent diagnosis of the GI diseases but also helps in treatment of the various disorders and thereby avoiding surgery in many cases.

The understanding of liver disease has grown tremendously with the development of molecular diagnostic techniques.

There are four fully qualified gastroenterologists available, 24-hour endoscopic coverage for all major emergencies, advanced endoscopic procedures and excellent support staff with well qualified technical and nursing staff.

Key Features

• One of first sub specialities in KMC Mangalore
• Well Qualified Adequate staff in the Department
• Good patient and endoscopic workload
• State of the art endoscopic equipment's

About the Area of Study

Gastroenterology is branch of Medicine which deals with study of digestive and liver diseases. This important subspeciality involves the treatment of various disorders of oesophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder and pancreas.

It also involves endoscopic procedures wherein flexible tubes with camera attached to it is passed into the stomach and intestine to diagnose the various diseases. Moreover, the therapeutic interventions can be done within these procedures such as stopping bleeding from ulcer, removal of polyps, removal of the stone form the bile duct etc.