Medical Treatment Form
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Introduction of department
The Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at KNU Children's Hospital provides expert comprehensive multidisciplinary evaluation and management of all pediatric gastrointestinal and liver conditions. Our tertiary service comprises outpatient and inpatient care, and a comprehensive variety of investigations and treatments.
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- Conditions
- Our service offers care for neonates, infants, children and young adults with a wide variety of conditions:
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- General gastrointestinal conditions which include:
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Chronic refractory constipation
Crohn's disease
Cystic fibrosis associated gastrointestinal disease
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders
Food allergy
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Helicobacter pylori
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Irritable Bowel syndrome (IBS)
Malabsorption disorders
Motility disorders
Pancreatitis: Acute and chronic
Ulcerative colitis
Irritable Bowel syndrome
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- Liver conditions which include
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Acute liver failure
Autoimmune hepatitis
Biliary atresia
Fatty liver disease
Metabolic liver disease
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Viral hepatitis
Wilson's disease
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- Complex nutritional conditions which include :
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Intestinal failure
Nutritional programs associated with other complex disorders (eg. oncological, immunological,
gastrointestinal conditions)
Short bowel syndrome
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- Investigations and treatments
- We offer a comprehensive variety of investigations and treatments :
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- Investigations :
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Capsule endoscopy
MR/CT enteroscopy
gastroscopy and colonoscopy
Fibroscan
TDM (therapeutic drug monitoring) of IBD medication
FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panel (22 targets), Fecal calprotectin
Next Generation Sequencing, Diagnostic Exome Sequencing
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- Treatments
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Exclusive enteral nutrition
Therapeutic endoscopy
PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, tube and button type)
Liver biopsy
Liver transplantation
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease service
- The Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) service provides care for over 200 complex IBD patients and is one of the largest units in Korea. We provide comprehensive care for our patients from the point of referral right through to diagnosis, treatment and long term management.
DOCTOR LIST
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Choi, Sujin
- Department
- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Neonatal (preterm and high risk infants) Follow-up Clinic
- Specialty
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- Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary diseases, nutritional diseases
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- Department
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Kang, Ben
- Department
- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- Specialty
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- Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), Gastrointestinal diseases, Pediatric endoscopy
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- Department
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Choe, Byung-ho
- Department
- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- Specialty
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- Gastrointestinal and liver disease, Therapeutic endoscopy
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- Department