Patient care — diagnostic tools, tests, procedures

Below are links to some general educational information about diagnostic tools, procedures, and tests which may be used by your physician:

• Ambulatory Esophageal pH (acid) monitoring
• Anal biopsy

• Biopsy

• Colon cancer:
  • Tests for colorectal disease, colon cancer
  • Treatment of colon cancer
  • Stages of colon cancer
  • Symptoms of colon cancer

• Chest MRI
• Colon culture
• Colonoscopy

• Endoscopy:
  • ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
  • EUS (Endoscopic Ultrasound)
  • Gallbladder endoscopy
  • Intraductal endoscopy w/ SpyglassTM technology
  • Small bowel endoscopy/enteroscopy
  • Small bowel capsule endoscopy

• Esophageal manometry
• EGD - esophagogastroduodenoscopy

• Fecal occult blood test (FOBT)
• Flushable reagent stool blood test

• Gallbladder tests:
  • Gallbladder endoscopy
  • Gallbladder scan
  • Biliary tree

• Guaiac smear test

• Intraductal endoscopy w/ SpyglassTM technology

• Liver function tests

• Pancreatic tests:
  • Pancreatic secretin stimulation test

• MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging)

• Sigmoidoscopy
• Small bowel capsule endoscopy
• Small bowel endoscopy/enteroscopy
• Stool guaiac test

• Thoracic CT scan

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