Dr. Adi Malhotra is offering in-office hemorrhoidal banding for bleeding or prolapsing hemorrhoids. The procedure is performed with a CRH O Regan system. Most patients require initialy evaluation with the colonoscopy to rule out polyps, cancer or colitis before hemorrhoidal banding. 

Coastal Gastroenterology has been providing excellent GI and Liver care to the Clear Lake, Bay Area and Texas City communities for over 30 years. Our main offices are conveniently located near Clear Lake Regional Medical Center at 1015 Medical Center Blvd, Ste 1300 in Webster. And we still maintain a satelite office in Texas City near Beeler Manske Clinic at 7111 Medical Center Drive as well. However, we are pleased to announce the addition of 2 new Coastal GI Clinic locations in Baytown.

Like usual I checked and reviewed the list of my endoscopy patients for morning before going to bed. Something was odd - a positive drug screen on a middle aged woman admitted with iron deficiency anemia. Her history of gastric bypass would explain the low blood count partly, but surely not her experimenting behaviour. Not sure about the answer, however, I was confident that EGD should be the least problematic adventure that she could have. I believe I jinxed myself with that thought (#1) of being an easy procedure.