Sichuan University West China Fourth Hospital is a tertiary hospital directly under the National Health Commission. The Department of Gastroenterology is a comprehensive clinical department that has rapidly developed and expanded, integrating medical treatment, scientific research, and teaching. It is a member unit of the National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Early Gastrointestinal Cancer and a multi center collaborative unit for minimally invasive treatment of internal hemorrhoids. There are medical units such as a digestive specialist ward, a digestive endoscopy center, a digestive specialist clinic, and a digestive early cancer screening clinic. The department has a professional technical team consisting of postdoctoral and returned overseas doctoral students, as well as high-level overseas study abroad talents from Sichuan Province. We have maintained long-term academic exchanges and cooperation with domestic and foreign digestive experts, and are dedicated to providing the highest quality medical services to our patients.
The Digestive Endoscopy Center is equipped with internationally advanced Olympus 290 electronic high-definition gastroscopy system (narrowband imaging technology NBI) and magnifying endoscopy (M-NBI); FUJINONELUXEO7000 high-definition electronic gastroscopy system (blue laser imaging technology BLI and linkage imaging technology LCI), duodenoscopy ERCP diagnosis and treatment system; And equipment such as ultrasound endoscopy, electronic enteroscopy, capsule endoscopy, 13C - and 14C - urea breath tests provide hardware support for high-quality medical technology.
All medical staff in the department adhere to the spirit of benevolence and excellence in the department culture, adhere to medical ethics and the professional ethics of treating patients as loved ones, adhere to the patient-centered approach, think about patients' thoughts and urgency, and wholeheartedly do their job well to provide professional treatment for patients.
The diagnosis and treatment scope of gastroenterology includes diseases related to the esophagus, gastrointestinal tract, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas:
1. Esophageal and cardiac diseases: Endoscopic treatment for early esophageal cancer, achalasia, and esophageal stenosis.
2. Gastric diseases: gastric and duodenal ulcers, chronic gastritis, eosinophilic gastritis, etc.
3. Small intestine and colon diseases: intestinal tuberculosis, inflammatory bowel diseases (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease), early colon cancer, etc.