"These and other procedures can now be performed by our team in a hospital-standard operating room environment, with the advantages of home recovery that our Ambulatory Surgery protocol offers!"

Although most endoscopic exams (Upper Digestive Endoscopies and Video Colonoscopies) are indicated only for diagnosis, the procedure is often used therapeutically. This is the case, for example, of removing a small intestinal polyp or cauterizing a small bleeding artery, procedures that can be performed together with the procedure for diagnostic purposes.

With the evolution of contemporary endoscopy, several advanced procedures have been successfully performed. Interventions that would not have been possible before and that would probably lead to the indication of surgery are now performed safely and with the advantage of a faster and less uncomfortable recovery, as a result of minimally invasive procedures.

It is no exaggeration to say that therapeutic endoscopy evolves in confluence with surgical techniques with minimal invasion. On the other hand, in many of these cases, the structure of an examination room is insufficient to carry out complex procedures. Thus, a hospital-standard operating room structure is required, which allows for longer procedures, often under general anesthesia.

Unfortunately, many patients who could be treated with advantages through the endoscopic route are still submitted to complex surgeries due to the difficulties in finding professionals and adequate technical structure for advanced therapeutic endoscopy.

It is common that endoscopists do not have a hospital grade operating room structure in their clinical practice. On the other hand, in hospitals operating rooms generally do not have specific endoscopic equipment.

And for these reasons, we instituted our Therapeutic Endoscopy Program at Colono – Digestive System Day-Hospital. Under the coordination of Dr. Thiago Sampaio and Dr. Fábio Soares, we have all the technical and human conditions to perform a wide range of therapeutic endoscopic procedures.