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Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Policies

Abdominoplasty (including repair of diastasis recti) Appendicectomy in patients with suspicion of appendicitis Bariatric surgery Cholecystectomy Chronic anal fissure interventions (all ages) – Botulinum toxin injection, fissurectomy and lateral internal sphincterotomy Early endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Gastroelectrical stimulation (GES) / gastro neuromodulation (not routinely commissioned) Haemorrhoid surgery Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) for faecal incontinence Planned follow-up care after private surgery in the UK or abroad (not routinely commissioned) Sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) – faecal retention (not routinely commissioned) Surveillance colonoscopy for patients after colorectal cancer resection or after colonic polypectomy Surveillance colonoscopy for patients with hereditary increased risk of colorectal cancer

Pathways

Change in bowel habit / rectal bleeding Coeliac disease Constipation in adults Constipation in children Dyspepsia Gastroenteritis in children (0-5 years old) Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease Gastro-oesophageal reflux in children Haemochromatosis Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) Lower GI / colorectal cancer Rapid Diagnostic Centre (vague symptoms) Recurrent abdominal pain in children Suspected liver disease Upper GI cancer

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