Clinical Feature

The Department now has such subspecialties as gastrointestinal disease, biliary and pancreatic disease, liver disease and endoscopy center. With advanced equipment for diagnosis, treatment and scientific research, it is able to carry out all specialized programs and forms the following medical features:

1.Diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic diseases, especially the comprehensive treatment of severe pancreatitis, endoscopic therapy for chronic pancreatitis, early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and non-surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer.

2. Interventional treatment of digestive diseases including liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, biliary duct cancer, esophagus cancer, stenosis of biliary duct, pancreatic duct, esophagus and gastrointestinal tract, calculus of biliary duct and pancreatic duct.

3. Comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of HP related diseases.

4. Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease by combining traditional Chinese and western medicine.

5. Antiviral therapy of chronic Hepatitis B and C viral hepatitis, early diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis, fatty liver disease and pathogenesis research, diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune liver disease, diagnosis and treatment of liver cirrhosis and its complications. These medical features and directions at a domestic leading level attract a large number of patients from different regions.

The Endoscope Room continues to develop ERCP, EUS, ESD, enteroscope, capsule endoscopy and other technical items based on the regular gastrointestinal endoscope. It conducts the domestic leading technical item "pancreatic abscess puncture and drainage through stomach under ultrasonic gastroscope", "POEM" and lithotripsy for biliary duct, which fills the gap. Annual outpatient visit, quantity of inpatients, the number of patients accepting endoscopic inspection and treatment rank top among all general hospitals of Shanghai.

The present research directions of the Department of Gastroenterology include clinical diagnosis, treatment and basic research of pancreatic diseases, the impact of intestinal barrier dysfunction on causing severe acute pancreatitis, study on new technology of endoscopic diagnosis & treatment, early diagnosis and evaluation of chronic liver diseases and diagnosis & treatment of their complications, diagnosis & treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, early diagnosis & treatment of gastrointestinal tumors. The disciplinary feature of pancreatic and biliary duct diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, digestive endoscope diagnosis & treatment and chronic liver diseases.