Banner is offering two innovative endoscopic procedures

For patients with bowel issues such as IBS, endoscopies can be uncomfortable and, depending on the findings, can lead to invasive surgery. Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center and Banner Gateway Medical Center are now performing two innovative endoscopic procedures that eliminate the need for patients to undergo more traditional, invasive surgery.

These procedures are called the gastrojejunal bypass, which Banner Health is just the 4th facility nationwide to utilize this technology, and the Endoscopic ultrasound-directed transgastric procedure. Essentially, they remove blockages from the bowel endoscopically with advanced technology – and without any open incisions – to treat these painful cases. This, in turn, gives the patients a quality of life not previously available to them when dealing with complex bowel surgery.

Dr. Neil Sharma, Chief of GI at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, joined “Arizona Horizon” to provide more details on these two new innovative endoscopic procedures.