Services & Treatments

We offer a full range of services to diagnose, treat and manage intestinal, pancreatic, liver and nutritional disorders in infants, children and adolescents in Shreveport - Bossier City, Louisiana.

Procedures we perform

• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) - Endoscopy (Upper)
• Colonoscopy - Endoscopy (Lower)
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Esophageal variceal banding/Sclerotherapy
• Foreign body removal
• Hydrogen breath test for lactose intolerance and intestinal bacterial overgrowth
• Endoscopic polypectomy
• Rectal suction biopsy
• Capsule endoscopy
• PH probe studies
• Biologic infusion therapy

Other Advanced Endoscopic Procedures:

• Endoscopic luminal balloon dilation
• Endoscopic luminal stent placement
• Balloon enteroscopy
• Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)
• Endoscopic Ablation therapy with RFA and APC
• EGD with Direct endoscopic necrosectomy
• Endoscopic Botox injections
• Endoscopic fistula closure - vacuum sponge, clips, OTC, stitch/suturing
• Diagnostic/Therapeutic Endoscopic Ultrasound Scan (EUS) - pancreas function test (EUS-PFT), celiac blocks, FNA
• Therapeutic ERCP (stones, leak, strictures)
• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement (PEG)
• Primary gastrostomy placement via Gastropexy

Conditions we diagnose and treat:

• Abdominal pain
• Blood in the stool
• Rectal bleeding
• Polyps
• Celiac disease
• Crohn's disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• C. Difficile infection
• Other inflammatory bowel disease
• Chronic constipation
• Fecal soiling
• Chronic diarrhea
• Toddler's diarrhea
• Swallowing problems
• Feeding difficulty
• Eosinophilic esophagitis
• Failure to thrive
• Obesity
• Other malabsorptive disorders
• Infant regurgitation
• Gastroesophageal reflux
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• The FODMAP Diet
• Lactose Intolerance
• Chronic bloating and gas
• Gastroparesis
• Chronic nausea and/or vomiting
• Peptic ulcer disease and helicobacter pylori infection
• Short bowel/gut syndrome
• Gallbladder/bile duct disease
• Pancreatic disease
• Fatty liver disease
• Hepatitis
• Hemorrhoids/anal fissures