NILGID has dedicated team with trained staff to take care of variceal and non-variceal bleeders for prompt management. It provides all advanced diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Approximately up to 30 to 40 endoscopic procedures are performed daily; Furthermore, Gastroscopies, colonoscopies, polypectomies, and variceal band ligation are routinely performed. In addition to this, complex therapeutic procedures that involve fluoroscopy like EUS, ERCPs, stenting, dilatations are also being performed in the unit.

Emergency Services

NILGID also provides emergency services for patients with upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding. These and other gastrointestinal procedures are available round the clock.

Fibro Scan

The most modern and latest equipment, such as a Fibro Scan machine has been installed for the first time in Pakistan at the National Institute of Liver and Gastro Intestinal Diseases. This is a unique machine which provides same information as of liver fibrosis non-invasively. Hence, without the need for a liver biopsy, timely and correct diagnoses can be made for the management of the patients with chronic liver diseases. NILGID has a novel Elastography machine by which liver stiffness and fibrosis is measured noninvasively.

The following services are available at NILGID:

• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
  • Diagnostic
  • EGD with Dilation
  • EGD with Foreign body removal
  • EGD with APC
  • EGD with stenting of Esophagus, Pylorus, and Duodenum
  • EGD with Band ligation of varices
  • EGD with Histoacryl injection of Gastric varices
  • EGD with Sclerotherapy
  • EGD with control of UGI bleeding
  • EGD with Dilation for Achalasia

• Enteroscopy

• ERCP
  • Diagnostic
  • ERCP with CBD stone extraction
  • ERCP with management of Pancreas Divisum and P.D. stone
  • ERCP with Stenting

• Feeding tube placement
  • EGD with PEG tube placement and replacement
  • EGD with Naso-jujenal tube placement

• Fibroscan

• Esophageal Manometry

• 24 hour pH monitoring

• EUS
  • Diagnostic
  • EUS with FNA

• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

• Colonoscopy
  • Diagnostic
  • Colonoscopy with Polypectomy
  • Colonoscopy with control of LGI bleeding
  • Colonoscopy with stenting