Performing the region’s most advanced endoscopic procedures, the endoscopy unit at West Chester Hospital has been recognized by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). We were one of only 32 units in the country, and one of only two in Ohio, to receive this recognition in 2010. In total, only 166 endoscopy units nationally have been recognized.
We use state-of-the-art technology to perform our endoscopic procedures with endoscopes that are smaller, brighter and more easily maneuvered, and produce clearer, sharper images. Most of our procedures can be done inserting small instruments into the scopes.
Additional endoscopic procedures and tests performed at West Chester Hospital include:
- Upper GI endoscopy (also called Esophagogastroduodenoscopy)
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopic radiofrequency ablation therapy
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Endoscopic Bronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
- Manometry and Impedance
- Autoflorence
- Pleuroscopy
- Spyglass system
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Endoscopic Ultrasound
- Bronchoscopy
- 24-hour pH monitoring
- Bravo pH studies
- Stent placements
- Cryotherapy
- Fine needle aspiration (FNA)
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement
- Direct J-tube placement
- Capsule endoscopy
- Halo treatment
- Colonoscopy
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Liver Biopsy
- Small Bowel Enteroscopy
- PillCam
- Secretin testing
- Paracentesis
- Feeding Tube Placement
- Thoracentesis
- Bronchoscopy