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Digestive disease care in China
Considering a digestive-disease consultation or endoscopy in China? Explain the symptoms or diagnosis, earlier investigations and current treatment. Find the guide that matches the clinical question, then ask about specialist assessment, preparation, examination scope and how findings will be explained. Current symptoms need a diagnostic route rather than a routine checkup package.
15treatment guides planned
3clear treatment groups
10hospitals in ranking reference
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Before arranging gastroenterology in China
Explain your main question and prepare the digestive concern, previous endoscopy or imaging and current treatment.
Start with a clear review question
Tell us the diagnosis if known, what you have already tried and which reports are available. We help identify the relevant specialist pathway and records needed for hospital review.
Confirm the assessment and estimate
Ask which investigation addresses the clinician's question, whether sampling or treatment is proposed and how results and ongoing therapy would reach your home doctor. Hospital acceptance, the actual clinical scope and any separately agreed coordination fee need confirmation before booking.
Choose the next step that fits
You can enquire about an opinion, a specialist appointment or treatment arrangements. An optional records-based specialist review is agreed separately; an initial enquiry does not commit you to a paid service.
Treatment directory
Choose by diagnosis and treatment goal
Gastroenterology covers diagnostic work, endoscopic treatment and long-term medical care. A useful referral identifies whether the main need is diagnosis, intervention or disease management.
Advanced endoscopy
6 treatments
Gastroscopy / Upper Endoscopy胃镜检查
Examines the esophagus, stomach and duodenum and allows biopsy when needed.
→ Colonoscopy结肠镜检查Examines the large bowel and can remove selected polyps.
→ Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)超声内镜Combines endoscopy and ultrasound for the pancreas, bile ducts and GI wall.
→ ERCP内镜逆行胰胆管造影Diagnoses and treats selected bile-duct or pancreatic-duct obstruction.
→ Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection内镜黏膜下剥离术Removes selected early gastrointestinal lesions in one piece.
→ POEM for Achalasia经口内镜下肌切开术Treats selected swallowing disorders through a minimally invasive endoscopic tunnel.
→Liver, biliary & pancreatic care
4 treatments
Chronic Liver Disease Care慢性肝病诊疗
Assessment and medical management for hepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis.
→ Liver Fibrosis Assessment肝纤维化评估Combines laboratory, imaging and elastography findings to assess liver damage.
→ Pancreatitis Care胰腺炎诊疗Coordinates evaluation, nutrition and endoscopic intervention when indicated.
→ Bile Duct Stenting胆管支架置入Relieves selected biliary obstruction using an endoscopic approach.
→Complex digestive disease
5 treatments
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Care炎症性肠病诊疗
Medical management for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
→ GI Bleeding Diagnosis & Treatment消化道出血诊疗Locates bleeding and applies endoscopic or multidisciplinary treatment.
→ Capsule Endoscopy胶囊内镜Images the small bowel when conventional scopes cannot reach the suspected area.
→ Digestive Motility Testing消化动力检查Evaluates swallowing, reflux or bowel-movement disorders.
→ Microbiota-Based Therapy Review肠道微生态治疗评估Assesses evidence-based indications and safe delivery for selected conditions.
→How to use this page
Separate diagnosis from intervention
The right hospital depends on whether the patient needs an advanced diagnostic work-up, therapeutic endoscopy or long-term disease management.
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Organize previous tests
Provide endoscopy reports, pathology, imaging, laboratory trends and current medicines.
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Define the main question
Clarify whether the goal is confirming a diagnosis, treating a lesion or controlling chronic disease.
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Confirm the exact unit
Advanced endoscopy, hepatology, IBD and motility services require different specialist teams.
Fudan specialty reputation ranking
Top 10 hospitals for gastroenterology in China
The 2023 Fudan China Hospital Specialty Reputation Ranking lists these hospitals for gastroenterology. It is a specialty-level reference, not a ranking for every procedure or condition.
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
中国医学科学院北京协和医院First Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University
海军军医大学第一附属医院（上海长海医院）PLA General Hospital
中国人民解放军总医院Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University
空军军医大学第一附属医院（西京医院）Show hospitals ranked 6–10
West China Hospital, Sichuan University
四川大学华西医院Beijing Friendship Hospital
首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
中山大学附属第一医院Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
复旦大学附属中山医院Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
南方医科大学南方医院Ranking year: 2023 · Reviewed 1 October 2026View the published gastroenterology ranking →Fudan Hospital Management Institute →
Overall specialty rank is not a treatment rank
A hospital may be particularly strong in advanced endoscopy, liver disease, IBD or another subspecialty. Verify the relevant unit, clinician experience and appointment access after reviewing the records.