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ENDOSCOPY · DWARIKA HOSPITAL
Gastroscopyat Dwarika Hospital.
A thin camera examines the food pipe, stomach and duodenum to find the cause of acidity, pain, bleeding or difficulty swallowing — and to take biopsies.
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GASTROSCOPY AT A GLANCE
ALSO KNOWN ASGastroscopy testUpper GI endoscopyStomach endoscopy
01 / IN SHORT
Gastroscopy
explained plainly.
Written for patients, reviewed by the surgeons who perform this treatment.
Gastroscopy is a quick, sedated examination of the food pipe, stomach and duodenum with a thin flexible camera. It investigates acidity, ulcers, swallowing problems, bleeding and early cancer — and allows a biopsy to be taken in the same sitting.
- WHAT
- Camera examination of the upper digestive tract
- WHY
- Acidity, ulcers, bleeding, difficulty swallowing, early cancer
- COMFORT
- Done under sedation or throat spray — quick and well-tolerated
- TIME
- About 10–15 minutes, same-day discharge
What is a gastroscopy?
A gastroscopy (upper GI endoscopy) passes a slim flexible camera through the mouth to inspect the food pipe (esophagus), stomach and the first part of the small intestine (duodenum). It gives a direct, detailed view that scans cannot, making it the key test for upper-digestive symptoms.
What it detects & treats
Gastroscopy diagnoses reflux damage, hiatus hernia, gastritis, ulcers, H. pylori infection, narrowings and early cancers. It is also therapeutic — it can take biopsies, stop bleeding ulcers, remove small lesions and stretch narrowings, all without surgery.
What to expect
After a few hours of fasting, the procedure is performed under light sedation or with a numbing throat spray and usually takes 10–15 minutes. Most people go home the same day; if sedation is used, you will need someone to accompany you.
This guide was originally published by Dr. Avinash Tank in his medical-education library.Read “Gastroscopy (Upper GI Endoscopy)” on dravinashtank.in
02 / REAL PATIENT OUTCOMEALL DOCUMENTED CASES
A patient like you.
What happened next.
A documented case from our surgical team — anonymised, and told as it happened. Every patient is different; your own plan is made after your consultation.
DOCUMENTED CASE · COLONOSCOPY & POLYPECTOMY
Polyp to Prevention: How a Colonoscopy Stopped a Cancer
1BEFORE TREATMENT
A patient in their 50s with a family history of colon cancer and subtle change in bowel habit, anxious about screening.
2TREATMENT
The polyp was lifted and excised endoscopically in full, with clear margins, during the same colonoscopy.
3AFTER TREATMENT
Pathology confirmed a pre-cancerous lesion removed completely — a cancer prevented. A surveillance schedule was set so any future polyps are caught equally early.
Outcomes vary between patients. These accounts describe individual experiences, not a guaranteed result.
03 / EXPLORE
Understand it
before you decide.
Choose a question. Each answer comes from our patient-education library.
This overview was originally published by Dr. Avinash Tank in his medical-education library.Endoscopy: the full overview
04 / PATIENT EDUCATIONALL GASTROSCOPY GUIDES
Learn more about
gastroscopy.
Doctor-written guides from Dr. Avinash Tank's medical-education library — understand the condition before you decide on treatment.
These articles live on dravinashtank.in, Dr. Avinash Tank's own site, and open in a new tab.
05 / WHERE IT IS PERFORMEDALL SURGICAL VIDEOS
Performed in our
own theatres.
Surgery at Dwarika happens in the hospital's own operating theatres, with intensive care in the same building. Real clips — silent, with no patient identifiable.
REAL FOOTAGE · DWARIKA HOSPITAL
BEFORE SURGERY · 01 / 09
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BEFORE SURGERY
IN THEATRE
06 / WATCH · GASTROSCOPYFULL VIDEO LIBRARY
Gastroscopy,
on film.
Operations from our theatres, patients who were treated here, and our surgeons explaining it — all from the hospital's own channel.
Dr. Avinash Tank
Director & Chief Surgical Gastroenterologist07 / WHO WILL TREAT YOU
Experienced hands.
A familiar face.
Meet Dr. Avinash Tank, the surgeon leading Dwarika’s team. Trained at SGPGIMS — India's premier GI institute — with advanced fellowships in Japan and South Korea.
MCh · SGPGIMSFellowships in Liver, Pancreas & Bariatric SurgeryInvited faculty · ASIRAJ 2026
- 25+
- Years of surgical practice
- 10,000+
- Bariatric & GI surgeries in his career
Figures reflect Dr. Avinash Tank’s career record, as published by his practice.
08 / HEAR IT FROM OUR PATIENTSALL PATIENT STORIES
Real people.
Personal stories.
Hear from people who have been here.
In their own words, at their own pace.
Have a similar problem?
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Been advised an
endoscopy or colonoscopy?
We will explain what the test involves, how to prepare and what it can find — most are day-care procedures.
09 / WHY DWARIKA HOSPITALABOUT THE HOSPITAL
Four promises.
One standard.
What every patient can expect here — from the first call to the last follow-up.
01.
Super-specialist led
Surgery here is performed by MCh-qualified surgical gastroenterologists, not general surgeons operating outside their specialty.
02.
Keyhole by default
Laparoscopic and scarless techniques are the standard approach, reserving open surgery for cases that genuinely need it.
03.
One team, one plan
Diagnosis, surgery, nutrition and follow-up sit under one roof — you are not handed between disconnected clinics.
04.
Counselling before consent
Every patient is told what the operation can and cannot achieve, with costs stated upfront, before anything is scheduled.
EVERY STEP, TOGETHER
A little clarity.
A lot of reassurance.
Knowing what comes next makes all the difference. Explore your journey, from the first conversation to care after you go home.
Your guide to patient careCall, WhatsApp or use the form. Bring any scans, reports or endoscopy results you already have — it usually saves a visit.
10 / PRACTICAL MATTERSPATIENT CARE GUIDE
Before you
come in.
Insurance, your stay, recovery and travel — the practical questions every patient asks.
11 / GO DEEPER
From our
surgeons' desk.
Articles and documented cases that point to this treatment.
12 / COMMON QUESTIONS
Aboutgastroscopy
It is quick and well-tolerated, performed under sedation or with a throat spray. Most people remember little of it and recover within an hour.
13 / MORE IN ENDOSCOPYENDOSCOPY OVERVIEW
10 treatments,
one specialist team.
Performed at our Diagnostic & Therapeutic Endoscopy centre.
Or see all 55 treatments · visit the Diagnostic & Therapeutic Endoscopy centre.
YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD. YOUR HOSPITAL.
Gastroscopy in
South Bopal, Ahmedabad.
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Patients travel to us from South Bopal, Bopal, Shela, Ghuma, Sanathal, Prahlad Nagar, Satellite, Jodhpur and across Gujarat — Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot.
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