Digestive Diseases at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano

Baylor Regional Medical Center Plano provides a wide array of diagnostic and therapeutic services for people with gastrointestinal disorders. "Baylor Plano's GI lab has all the technology a physician could want for GI procedures," says Paul Anderson, M.D. "All the equipment is new and up to date. It's going to be enjoyable to work here."

Aside from routine colonoscopies, Baylor Plano's technology allows for a wide variety of procedures to be performed in the lab, including upper GI endoscopies, esophageal motility studies, esophageal pH studies, liver biopsies, ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) with gallstone removal and stent placements.

Gastrointestinal diseases come in many forms, most of which can be treated at Baylor Plano. They include the following:

• ulcerative colitis
• Crohn's disease
• gastric ulcers
• duodenal ulcers
• colorectal cancer and polyps
• liver diseases including hepatitis B and C
• gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• chronic diarrhea

Baylor Plano was designed with the patient in mind. Dr. Anderson says, "Primary care and specialty doctors are all in one place, every room is a private room, and the facility is readily accessible from surrounding communities. We think that's a real plus."

For more information on GI services available at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, call 1-800-4BAYLOR (1-800-422-9567).

Diagnostic Services

• Esophageal motility
• Ambulatory pH studies
• Anorectal manometry

Programs and Therapies

• Colonoscopy
• Endoluminal gastroplication (ELGP)
• Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), including sphincterectomy and biliary stent placement
• Endoscopic ultrasound
• Endoscopy services, including treatment for achalasia and diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux
• Esophageal dilations
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Gastrointestinal diagnostic and therapeutic procedure
• Laser surgery for palliation of esophageal tumors
• Liver biopsy
• Liver transplant evaluation
• Medical evaluation of liver transplant candidates
• Nutritional consultation and education
• Percutaneous liver biopsy
• Placement of external feeding tubes (gastronomy)
• Polypectomy
• Studies of esophageal problems, such as difficulty swallowing