NHS patients seen in outpatients
2006: Number 1921
2007: Number 2248
2008: Number 3175
Endoscopies
Lifetime number of upper GI endoscopies (carried out or supervised) is over 12.000.
Over 100 expanding metallic stents placed for oesophageal cancer.
Complications: one perforation when inserting a stent for an oesophageal cancer
Over 500 percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube insertions.
No immediate mortality.
Over 1.000 wireless capsule enteroscopies performed and interpreted.
Complications: One case of capsule retention in a person with small bowel malignancy.
Lifetime number of lower GI colonoscopy (carried out or supervised) is over 10.000. Consistently achieving caecal intubation rates well over 90% of cases.
Complications: Three perforations requiring surgery in the last 19 years.
2006: Number 1921
2007: Number 2248
2008: Number 3175
Endoscopies
Lifetime number of upper GI endoscopies (carried out or supervised) is over 12.000.
Over 100 expanding metallic stents placed for oesophageal cancer.
Complications: one perforation when inserting a stent for an oesophageal cancer
Over 500 percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube insertions.
No immediate mortality.
Over 1.000 wireless capsule enteroscopies performed and interpreted.
Complications: One case of capsule retention in a person with small bowel malignancy.
Lifetime number of lower GI colonoscopy (carried out or supervised) is over 10.000. Consistently achieving caecal intubation rates well over 90% of cases.
Complications: Three perforations requiring surgery in the last 19 years.