Diagnostic Procedures

At the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Cohen Children's Medical Center, we provide a comprehensive range of diagnostic services for children from infancy to early adulthood.

• Diagnostic endoscopy of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract
  • Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Therapeutic endoscopy of the upper and lower GI tract
  • Endoscopic treatment of esophageal strictures
  • Treatment of gastrointestinal hemorrhage
  • Polyp removal
  • Foreign body removal
  • Placement of percutaneous gastrostomy tubes (PEG)
• Small Intestine Imaging
  • Video capsule evaluation of the small bowel
• Evaluation of gastroesophageal reflux via intraesophageal pH monitoring
  • Wireless pH probe
  • Electrode based pH probe
  • Impedence testing
• Evaluation of lactose mal-absorption
  • Breath hydrogen analysis
• Motility studies
  • Esophageal manometry
  • Anorectal manometry
  • Colonic motility
  • Radio-opaque marker studies
• Liver biopsy
• Rectal suction biopsy
• Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
  • Lactose and glucose breath hydrogen testing
  • Indirect calorimetry
  • Bioelectrical impedance
  • Placement of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube
  • Nutritional support including home parenteral nutrition, nasogastric tube and gastrostomy tube feedings