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Fadi Rzouq, MD

Gastroenterologist

Faith Regional

Physician Services

109 N. 29th St., Suite 3

Norfolk

402-844-8287

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NEW TECHNOLOGY HELPS DIAGNOSE AND

TREAT PROBLEMS OF THE PANCREAS

PATIENTS

at Faith Regional Health

Services can now benefit from a new

minimally invasive technology that

helps diagnose and treat diseases and

conditions in the bile duct, hepatic

ducts and pancreas.

SpyGlass

TM

DS Direct Visualization

System offers high-resolution

imaging and therapy during

an endoscopic retrograde

cholangiopancreatography (ERCP),

a specialized technique used to

study the bile ducts, pancreatic

duct and gallbladder. In the U.S.,

500,000 people undergo ERCP

annually to investigate, confirm and

treat conditions such as gallstones,

suspected malignancies (such

as pancreatic cancer), bile duct

strictures and cystic lesions.

When things are tricky

“The SpyGlass DS Direct Visualization

System can be used for large, compli-

cated stones that a regular ERCP can’t

take care of,” says Fadi Rzouq, MD,

gastroenterologist at Faith Regional

Physician Services Gastroenterology.

“During an ERCP, I can add the

SpyGlass technology if needed, which

is typically about 15 to 20 percent

of these procedures. It can save the

patient from having to have multiple

surgeries.”

Success story

Dr. Rzouq used the SpyGlass tech-

nology on a patient who was expe-

riencing jaundice and had multiple

stones in his bile duct. He was able to

clear every stone from the duct. The

procedure took about 30 minutes,

and the patient went home an hour

later.

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