GI Symptoms Evaluation
SURGERY • ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY • GI SYMPTOMS EVALUATION
Workup for:
(a) Abdominal pain – acute or chronic
(b) Bloatedness / indigestion / heatburn / reflux / vomiting
(c) Dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing) or odynophagia (pain on swallowing)
(d) Unexplained weight loss / loss of appetite
(e) Constipation or changes in stools (colour / consistency)
(f) Abdominal swelling / distension
(g) Elevated tumour markers : CA 19.9, CEA, AFP or CA 125
(e) Accidental swallowing of fishbones or dentures
Dr Goh Yaw Chong is a senior consultant general surgeon with specialty practice in laparoscopic and open surgery for gastro-intestinal and abdominal conditions.