Endoscopy Services

With increasing pressure in life, many people have the habit of being sedentary, often skipping meals, eating foods lacking in nutrients, and abusing stimulants that are harmful to the digestive system such as alcohol, leading to digestive diseases.

According to 2022 statistics from the National Institute of Nutrition, up to 10% of Vietnam’s population suffers from digestive diseases. At the same time, other digestive cancers also account for a high rate, such as: colorectal cancer accounts for 9.3%, stomach cancer accounts for 9%, and esophageal cancer accounts for 2% of all cancers in Vietnam (2022 statistics from the National Cancer Institute).

Most diseases are detected at a late stage because patients often do not have regular health check-ups or gastrointestinal endoscopy when abnormal signs appear.

The “gold standard” of endoscopy

Digestive endoscopy is the gold standard in diagnosing and treating gastrointestinal diseases such as:

• Polyps of the esophagus, stomach, colon.
• Esophageal ulcers, stomach, duodenum.
• Ulcerative colitis.
• Treatment during endoscopy such as: polyp removal, foreign body removal, hemostasis, dilation of strictures, treatment of colon volvulus.
• Early detection of dangerous gastrointestinal cancers such as: esophagus, stomach or colon.

It is important to know that gastrointestinal cancers can be completely cured if detected early in the early stages by endoscopy and timely treatment intervention.

Subjects who should have early gastrointestinal endoscopy

• People aged 45 and over, with normal health.
• People aged 40 and over, with family members suffering from malignant diseases of the stomach or colon.
• People diagnosed with gastrointestinal diseases.
• People with abnormal symptoms warning of gastrointestinal diseases: difficulty swallowing; abdominal pain, epigastric pain; frequent heartburn; nausea, vomiting blood; bloody stools; black, tarry stools with mucus; anemia of unknown cause.

Quality and accurate digestive endoscopy at Nam Sai Gon International General Hospital

Nam Sai Gon International General Hospital offers 3 quality and suitable digestive endoscopy packages for each digestive disease, including:

• Esophageal and gastric endoscopy
• Colonoscopy, rectal endoscopy
• Gastric and colon endoscopy

The doctor will advise and prescribe an endoscopy package suitable for the patient’s condition after the clinical examination.

Patients can choose the desired endoscopy method:

• Conventional endoscopy.
• Painless endoscopy (endoscopy when the patient has been anesthetized).

The painless anesthesia endoscopy method helps patients undergo the endoscopy process safely, increases the effectiveness of the endoscopy, and avoids missing lesions.

The world’s leading modern Olympus EVIS X1 CV1500 endoscopy system at Nam Sai Gon International General Hospital helps increase the ability to detect suspicious lesions that can progress to dangerous digestive diseases.

Some notes when performing a digestive endoscopy

Before performing an endoscopy

– Fast for 6 – 8 hours before the endoscopy, drink only filtered water and stop drinking water 2 hours before.

– For people performing colonoscopy and rectal endoscopy, fast for 8 – 12 hours before the endoscopy, clean the stool before the endoscopy according to the instructions of medical staff.

– Inform the doctor about your health status, medications you are taking, and drug allergies (if any).

After endoscopy

– After endoscopy with painless anesthesia, the patient needs to stay until the end of the necessary monitoring period.

– Do not eat for at least 1 – 2 hours after endoscopy. After the allowed time, supplement nutrition with soft, liquid, cool, easily digestible foods such as thin porridge, fresh milk, soup, etc.

– Divide meals into many small meals.

– Do not use foods that are spicy or too sour.

– Do not use alcohol, carbonated drinks, etc.

– If you feel severe pain, high fever, bloody stools, etc., the patient needs to notify the doctor for examination and timely treatment.

To receive consultation information and make an appointment for endoscopy at Nam Sai Gon International General Hospital, you can:

☎ Call hotline: 1800 6767 (extension 2)

Or register for the examination package below