Jehangir Hospital, a leading Pune-based institution, announced the launch of an upgraded endoscopy centre for early diagnosis of GI cancers, empowered by EUS, or Endosonography. With the advent of superior imaging technology in GI endoscopy, Jehangir Hospital added the latest instruments to position itself among the few institutions offering advanced GI care diagnosis.

The upgraded Centre for Endoscopy at Jehangir Hospital includes the latest Exera 3 Video Endoscopy system with 190 series endoscopes which enable distinct advantages like dual focus, brighter and higher contrast Narrow Band Imaging and improved image quality. These factors are invaluable in the early diagnosis of GI cancers and the classification of colonic and gastric polyps without biopsies.

It also helps in diagnosing cancers at a very early stage, which can be usually cured without surgery. The new scopes also feature an integrated water jet channel helping the endoscopists to have a clearer view during haemostasis in actively bleeding patients or during complex therapeutic procedures.

The EUS or Endosonography is a newer technology used primarily for 3 indications:

Diagnosis of very small lesions is not picked up on routine imaging modalities like CT or MRI. Picking up small 2-3 mm stones in bile ducts or very small tumours even <5 mm in diameter, for example.

It also allows the use of EUS guided Fine needle aspiration for accurate diagnosis of GI cancers without the need for conventional biopsies.

Latest interventional EUS guided procedures like EUS guided biliary drainage, EUS guided Pancreatic pseudocyst drainages, etc., which are the norm for complicated endoscopic drainages saving patients of prolonged percutaneous drainages or surgery.

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Vinod Sawantwadkar, CEO Jehangir Hospital added, “The centre is looking at offering unique patient experiences by offering one-stop solution to all GI problems and interventions in a single place, avoiding unnecessary transfer of patients or equipment to the OT for advanced therapeutic procedures. A dedicated Recovery area post endoscopy has been made to enhance patient comfort and convenience. It allows better time utilisation of the Endoscopy as well as the OT, in turn, increasing the patient satisfaction and ease of doing procedures for our doctors.”

“The New state of the Endoscopy Centre places Jehangir Hospital at par with most advanced nationwide endoscopy units providing tertiary care in GI care,” said Dr. Parimal Lawate, Senior Consultant and Director of the Department of Gastroenterology at Jehangir Hospital.