Medical Gastroenterology Treatment

At KIMS-Arete Hospital, the management options for gastroenterological diseases include holism, which is why the treating gastroenterologist’s main focus is understanding the etiology (cause) of the disease. Once confirmed, the pharmacotherapy includes not just the treatment of the disease through pharmaceutical means but also include the counselling about the modifications of dietary intake, treatment of gut dysbiosis, luminal intubation, interventional endoscopy, and radiology techniques.

All these above-mentioned therapies are deployed in caution to the patients after explaining them as a process in the Shared Decision Making thus enabling patients in choosing informed health decisions based on individual values and goals. 

Understanding the patients' values and goals, discussion of evidence and gastroenterology treatment options, the duo of gastroenterologist and the patient collaboratively develop treatment plans. 

Under the leadership of experts, the Medical Gastroenterology Department at KIMS-Arete Hospital is being fast recognised as the first choice for all types of gastroenterological diseases in Hyderabad; gradually becoming the best medical gastroenterology hospital in Hyderabad. 

Facilities and Advanced Equipment 

• Endoscopy: An integral factor in the gastroenterology, endoscopy offers imaging, assessment, and therapeutic capabilities. At KIMS-Arete Hospital, the latest endoscopic procedures and techniques are used for the diagnostic and therapeutic needs of gastrointestinal disorder management.
• Colonoscopy: Screening colonoscopy is a gold standard for identifying patients suffering from an increased risk of colon cancer. The gastroenterologists at KIMS-Arete Hospital utilise colonoscopy techniques for regular cancer screening following quality indicators laid by the major gastrointestinal societies. Also, colonoscopy techniques are necessary for diagnosis & management of IBD, Ulcers, and the management of Polyps and Stent Placement. 
• Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS): This technology is extensively used for diagnosing and the management of various gastrointestinal malignancies by enabling precise tumour localisation, access to cancerous areas, staging of tumours, and identification of metastases to lymph nodes and blood vessels.
• Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP): Endoscopic Retrograde cholangiopancreatography can efficiently diagnose and treat various diseases of the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and bile duct diseases. individuals with unexplained abdominal pain, jaundice, tumours, and blockage or infection in pancreatic and bile ducts are diagnosed and suitably treated with ERCP at KIMS-Arete Hospital. 
• Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM): This third space endoscopic technique offers a minimally invasive option for the treatment of achalasia cardia, gastroparesis, and various other spastic oesophageal motility disorders. 
• Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR): Through minimally invasive procedures such as Endoscopic Mucosal Resection, the gastroenterologists at KIMS-Arete Hospital operate on patients suffering from gastrointestinal malignancies or premalignant lesions. 
• Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD): In the treatment of early-stage cancers of various organs of the gut such as the oesophagus, stomach, and colon the interventional procedure - endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) technique is used as an innovative procedure to accurately examine and remove any growths from the lining of the gastrointestinal tract without requiring surgery.