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Procedures

The following is a list of procedures and interventions offered by the UMass GI Faculty across 3 different campuses (University, Memorial and EAE)

Colonoscopy

  • Colonoscopy: screening, diagnostic, therapeutic

  • EMR (endoscopic mucosal resection)
  • ESD (endoscopic submucosal dissection)
    • Gastric, rectal
  • Upper Endoscopy
    • Surveillance, diagnostic, therapeutic
  • Hemostasis
    • Thermal therapy (APC, Gold Probe), clipping (including Ovesco clips), band ligation, Sclerotherapy, Hemospray
  • PEG (no PEJ)
    • Pull, push
  • VCE
    • EGD placed VCE
  • Deep small bowel Enteroscopy
  • Double Balloon Enteroscopy (DBE), primarily retrograde
  • Spirus, primarily anterograde
  • EUS
    • Linear, radial, FNA / Aspiration
  • EUS guided biliary and gallbladder drainage
  • Celiac Plexus Block
  • EUS directed angiotherapy
  • EUS directed transgastric interventions (EDGI)

TEF GI Procedures

ERCP advanced GI

  • ERCP
    • Sphincterotomy, CBD, PD and cystic duct stenting, altered anatomy with lap assist
  • Cyst gastrostomy and necrosectomy
  • Rendezvous
    • EUS and IR guided
  • High Resolution Esophageal Manometry
  • Anorectal Manometry
  • EndoFlip
  • Luminal stenting
    • Esophageal, duodenal, colonic
  • Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM)
  • Zenker’s diverticulotomy and Z-POEM
  • Endosuturing
    • Apollo endostitch
    • X-tack
  • Spyglass choledochoscopy
  • Pancreaticobiliary Lithotripsy
  • Fibroscan
  • Bravo capsule
    • Placement
  • pH and impedance study interpretation
  • Fecal Microbiota Transplant
    • under IRB, only for recurrent C. diff. treatment
  • Barr-X
  • Transoral Outlet Reduction (TORe)
  • Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG)
  • Pneumatic dilation of gastric sleeves
  • Artificial Intelligence based evaluations
  • Animal lab
    • Ex vivo, cadaveric

VCE