Procedures and treatments we offer in Gastroenterology

Digestive system disorders can take many different forms, have many causes and respond to different treatments. They can also affect children and young people of different ages.

This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) gives further information about the procedures and treatment the Gastroenterology team offer.

• Endoscopy
  • Gastroscopy 
  • Colonoscopy
  • Video capsule endoscopy 
• Manometry
  • Anorectal manometry
  • Antroduodenal manometry 
  • Oesophageal manometry 
  • Colonic manometry 
• Electrogastrogram 
• Imaging
  • Upper GI study
  • Loopogram study 
  • Barium enema
  • Small bowel scanning for Crohn’s disease
  • Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) 
• Hydrogen breath test
• Transit studies
  • Gastric emptying study – liquid 
  • Gastric emptying study – solids
  • Colonic transit (pellet) study 
• Impedance study
• Biopsy
  • Liver biopsy
  • Full thickness bowel biopsy 
• Allergy testing
  • Oral food allergy challenges/drug provocation tests at GOSH 
  • Skin prick testing 
  • Dietary elimination-reintroduction sequences
• Assessment for small intestine transplant 
• Intestinal assessment 
• Parenteral nutrition
• Stool testing

Information about more common digestive disorders in children and young people and how they can be investigated is available from the NHS at www.nhs.uk