Professor Stephen Riordan
Gastroenterology and the Liver
MBBS (Hons), MD (UNSW), FRACP, FRCP (London)
Procedures
Professor Riordan has procedural privileges at dedicated Endoscopy Units located at both the Prince of Wales Hospital and the Prince of Wales Private Hospital in Sydney, Australia.
Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic and other procedures available through Professor Riordan’s practice include:
Gastroscopy
- - diagnostic
- - therapeutic
- - bacteriological analysis for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
- - culture of Helicobacter pylori for determination of antibiotic sensitivities
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube insertion
Colonoscopy
- - diagnostic
- - therapeutic
Capsule endoscopy
Diagnostic paracentesis
Therapeutic paracentesis
Liver biopsy
Fibroscan™
Indocyanine green clearance testing
Transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt
Transcatheter arterial chemoembolisation of liver tumours
Radiofrequency ablation of liver tumours
Intra-lesional injection therapy of liver tumours
Measurement of hepatic venous pressure gradient
Gastrointestinal and liver imaging (including ultrasound, computerised tomography, magnetic resonance, angiography)
Interventional radiology