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Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology
The Pediatric Gastroenterology department at Rainbow Children’s Hospital is the largest in the country for diagnosing and managing Biliary Atresia and boasts of a success rate of almost 65%. Rainbow Children’s Hospital has saved extremely premature babies referred to the Gastro specialists here with the support of NICU setups. The expert team has managed small bowels as short as 15 cm using home PN, and has successfully got these children onto full enteral or oral feeding. The team also manages complex metabolic diseases like GSD, Tyrosinemia, MSUD using diet alone.The team of nutrition consultants also play a prominent role by preparing modular feeds, when needed.
Our critical expertise lies in Pediatric Liver Transplant, Pediatric Intestinal Failure Management, Home TPN Services, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, Diagnosing and Managing Complex Metabolic Conditions. We also provide comprehensive care for gastrointestinal and liver complications in children. treating severe or complex Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Pancreatic insufficiencies, Inflammatory bowel disease & liver diseases. The Pediatric Liver Transplant program at Rainbow Children’s Hospital has performed over 200 transplants with survival outcomes of above 90%. They manage the most complex Liver Transplant patients, with the support of the PICU team. The team has performed
all kinds of Liver Transplants, related cadaver auxiliary transplants and monosegment transplants. They are capable and equipped to perform multivisceral transplants such as kidney and liver transplants together.
We can take care of children with a number of gastrointestinal and liver diseases that include conditions of stomach, esophagus, pancreas, gallbladder, liver, small bowel, and large bowel. The following conditions can be treated at the hospital:
- Lactose intolerance
- Bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract
- Liver disease
- Chronic or severe diarrhea
- Food intolerances or allergies
- Short bowel syndrome
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Severe or complex Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Acute or severe abdominal pain
- Chronic constipation
- Liver disease
- Feeding disorder
- Pancreatic insufficiency
- Pancreatitis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Nutritional problems like obesity, malnutrition, & failure to thrive
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