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GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY

The Bodrum American Hospital’s Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology provides preventive, early diagnosis and treatment services high above the general global standard by combining cutting-edge technology with highly skilled experienced doctors.

Our professional staff closely follows current medical literature and regularly participates in international congresses where they happily share their studies and knowledge with the medical community as well as the world’s most respected related  journals.

Moreover, our nurses and support staff provide patients with a professional and empathic approach to minimizing the stress commonly associated with endoscopy experiences.

The following diagnostic and treatment procedures are routinely conducted at our Endoscopy unit, which is continuously renovated and updated:
  • Gastroscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Sigmoidoscopy
  • Polypectomy
  • EMR (endoscopic mucosal resection)
  • Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement
  • Balloon dilatation and Botox injection in strictures of the digestive system
  • Argon laser, cauterization, hemoclipping and injection procedures for all types of digestive system hemorrhages
  • Band ligation procedure for esophageal varices and hemorrhoids

Our Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology combines cutting-edge technology and global standards in the delivery of exceptional services is regarded as a reference point in Turkey and the American Hospital. Our communications and human resources approach demonstrates that we are comparatively speaking more progressive and functional, successfully matching our patients' high expectations year after year.
Emin Yekta Kişioğlu, M.D.
Emin Yekta Kişioğlu, M.D.

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • Emergency interventions such as stopping bleeding, removing foreign bodies, opening blockages,
  • Liver biopsy,
  • Esophageal pressure and acid measurement (pH-meter and manometer, impedance) can be listed as the sub-services we provide.
Diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome, reflux, gastritis, constipation, and hemorrhoids, which are very common in our society, as well as gastrointestinal motility diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and pancreatic and biliary tract diseases are carefully treated by specialist doctors in our department.

As a leading referral center in Türkiye, our department also performs removal of large digestive system polyps, mucosectomy, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), and endoscopic achalasia treatments. 
 
Applications to our department depend on complaints seen in digestive system organs, starting from esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, liver, pancreas and gallbladder. These complaints include difficulty swallowing, a feeling of stuck while swallowing, stomach and abdominal pains, burning and acid reflux in the stomach, vomiting, constipation and bloating.