Valley Health offers cancer screening services, incisionless weight loss
and treatment options for chronic heartburn/GERD on the campus of Winchester
Medical Center in Winchester, Virginia.
What Is Endoscopy?
Endoscopy is a procedure that uses an endoscope or “scope.”
Endoscopes are used for viewing the inside of the body, and they may also
be used in some types of surgeries. Endoscopies are typically lighted
and some are equipped with tiny video cameras that feed images to a computer
screen. Endoscopy is used to provide images of parts of the body that
could not otherwise be seen. It is heavily used in the screening for cancer,
as well as in diagnosis and treatment.
Procedures & Services Provided at the Valley Health Endoscopy Center
Our Endoscopy Center, based on the campus of Winchester Medical Center
(Suite 100 of Medical Office Building II), is a modern and advanced system
fully equipped to provide gastrointestinal endoscopy as well as minor
medical/surgical procedures. This facility is fully equipped and designed
for your privacy and comfort. We encourage you to contact our office to
set up an appointment at your earliest convenience.
Services offered at the Endoscopy Center include gastrointestinal (GI)
endoscopy, including:
We are also equipped to perform minor surgeries as well as minor medical
procedures including:
Manometry
Thoracentesis
Liver biopsy
Paracentesis
These procedures typically last approximately one hour. For procedures
that affect vision or mobility, patients will be asked to plan transportation.
Patients undergoing any kind of GI endoscopy procedure should plan a stay
of approximately three hours at the hospital due to sedation, with the
exception of sigmoidoscopy procedures, which do not involve sedation and
normally take about one hour. All patients undergoing a procedure involving
sedation should arrange outside transportation.
Contact the Valley Health Endoscopy Center by calling
540-536-7140.
Procedures & Services Provided by Valley Health Metabolic & Bariatric Program
Endoscopic Weight Loss Options Include:
Intragastric Balloon procedure
Endoscopic Revision of Previous Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
The endoscopic platform can also be used to treat
Chronic Heartburn/GERD and address complications of prior bariatric procedures for the treatment
of weight re-gain, development of fistulas and ulcers.
To learn more about incisionless approaches to weight loss and the Valley
Health Metabolic and Bariatric program,
click here.
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