Te Wāhi Tirohia Oranga Whēkau - Endoscopy suiteEndoscopy suite
What is an endoscopy
An endoscopy is a procedure where the inside of your body is examined using an instrument or camera called an endoscope. Endoscopes can be inserted into the body through natural openings such as the mouth or through the bottom.
Procedures we regularly perform
The suite has a pre-procedure area with a waiting room, 2 procedure rooms and a post-operative area with beds.
There is also a small discharge lounge with La-Z-Boy style chairs.
Procedures we regularly perform using an endoscope include:
- gastroscopy
- colonoscopy
- flexible sigmoidoscopy
- polypectomy
- EMR (Endo Mucosal Resection)
- APC (Argon Plasma Coagulation)
- bronchoscopy
- ERCP (Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography)
- PEG insertion or change (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy)
- T.O.E (Trans Oesophageal Echocardiogram)
- stent insertion
- dilatation
- other feeding tube insertions.
Contact us
Contact the specialty clinic nurse on
Phone: 021 730 034.