Advanced Technology & Innovation Center Provides Patients With the Latest Advancements in Gastroenterology Care
Advanced technology and innovation, including gastrointestinal endoscopy and surgery, has been a central feature at University Hospitals for more than a decade. UH has been internationally recognized for pioneering research in endoscopic technology as well as minimally invasive colorectal surgery. Our team is comprised of nationally recognized advanced endoscopists, colorectal and general surgeons, radiologists and anesthesiologists who work together to provide leading-edge therapies for patients.
Some of the innovative therapies and services we offer include:
- Advanced endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) technique: lithotripsy, cholangioscopy/pancreatoscopy, intraductal ultrasonograph
- Management of difficult polyps: mucosal resection, combined laparoscopy/endoscopic resection
- Endoscopic ultrasound: cancer staging, diagnosis of pancreatobiliary disease, interventional endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) including pseudocyst drainage
- Endoscopic Barrett’s therapy: mucosal resection, radiofrequency ablation, cryotherapy
- Small bowel imaging: wireless capsule endoscopy, double balloon enteroscopy, push enteroscopy
- Unsedated transnasal endoscopy
- Single port laparoscopic surgery
- Natural orifice surgery
- Complex laparoscopy for various colorectal disorders