The Department of Gastroenterology is the oldest and largest department at Al Safwa Hospital. The department offers a full range of treatments for gastrointestinal, pancreatic, and liver diseases. It is supervised by Dr. Serageldin Zakaria, founder of the hospital and former head of the Gastroenterology Department at Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital.

Services:

Diagnostic Endoscopy

• Esophago-gastroduodenoscopy
• Colonoscopy
• Double balloon enteroscopy
• Narrow Band Imaging

ERCP

• Biliary endotherapy
• Pancreatic endotherapy
• Endoscopic cystogastrostomy

Endoscopic Ultrasound

• Diagnostic pancreaticobiliary EUS
• Anorectal EUS
• Esophageal EUS
• Gastric EUS
• Mediastinum EUS
• EUS guided FNAC
• EUS guided cystogastrostomy
• EUS guided celiac plexus neurolysis

Therapeutic Endoscopy

• Endoscopic variceal banding
• Endoscopic sclerotherapy
• Endo-clipping
• Endo-looping
• Polypectomy
• Argon plasma coagulation
• Endoscopic dilatation
• SEMS placement
• EMR (Endoscopic Mucosal Resection)
• 24-hour pH measurement