An endoscope is a flexible tube with a
camera to see the lining of the food pipe, stomach, duodenum (& beginning of jejunum)

• A local anesthetic agent will be sprayed to reduce sensation in mouth and throat.
• VGM advanced endoscopy unit has the latest Olympus ME 2 system with Radial EUS, Linear EUS and Mini probe.
• EUS can detect and stage early cancers of the digestive tract.
• It also helps in visualising chronic pancreatitis changes and cancers of bile duct and pancreatic duct.
• It helps to biopsy cancers and lymph nodes.
• The VGM team has been doing several EUS guided procedures successfully. Some examples: to drain pseudocyst of pancreas, palliative gall bladder drainage, EUS guided celiac plexus block, EUS guided coiling of fundal varices etc.