Treatment Methods Endoscopic treatments have revolutionized the management of many digestive diseases over the last 20 years. Many conditions which used to require major surgery can now be treated by endoscopy on an outpatient basis. Narrowings of the gut can be stretched using dilating devices or balloons. Stents are plastic tubes, or devices made of a metal mesh which expands once they have been placed correctly. Certain diseases of the gut can cause serious bleeding.
Varices are large blood vessels which bulge into the esophagus and stomach.
These are treated through the endoscope by A Injection sclerotherapy or Abanding. Likewise, ulcers of the stomach and duodenum can bleed. These are treated at endoscopy by injecting medicines into the base of the ulcer, where the blood vessel is leaking. Polyps are small wartlike tumors that arise from the gut wall, most commonly found in the colon. Since some can turn into cancer, they must be removed.