Our Facilities and Services
On this page:
- Gastroenterology and Liver Day Unit, providing urgent day care in hospital to avoid admission
- Day case paracentesis (a procedure to drain fluid from the peritoneal cavity)
- Liver biopsy
- ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography) – to investigate and treat biliary conditions such stones, bile duct narrowing or cancers.
- EUS (endoscopic ultrasound) – to investigate pancreatic and biliary abnormalities
- TACE (transarterial chemoembolization) treatment for primary liver cancer
- MWA (microwave ablation) for primary liver cancer
- TIPSS procedure – to place a shunt within the liver to reduce portal vein pressure
- Dedicated varices / portal hypertension endoscopy list
- Fibroscan service – to determine the degree of scarring in the liver
- Venesection service for haemochromatosis
- 24/7 gastrointestinal bleed service
- Dedicated viral multi-disciplinary team and outreach services
- Weekly multidisciplinary meetings with radiologists, pathologists, surgeons and oncologists for both cancer and non-cancer illnesses
- Dedicated in-patient hepatology team
- Clinical Trials Programme in the Clinical Research Facility
