Dr. Philip Gregory Foutch D.O.
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
1520 S Dobson Rd Suite 302 Mesa AZ, 85202About
Dr. Philip Foutch is a gastroenterologist practicing in Mesa, AZ. Dr. Foutch specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Foutch performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- An assessment of the management of acute bleeding varices: a multicenter prospective member-based study.
- Endoscopic management of large common duct stones.
- A randomized comparison of multipolar electrocoagulation and injection sclerosis for the treatment of bleeding peptic ulcer.
- Poor results with percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy.
- Push-enteroscopy for diagnosis of patients with gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure origin.
- Controversies, dilemmas, and dialogues. Nonsurgical gastrostomy: X-ray or endoscopy?
- Nonoperative traction method for placement of esophageal stents: a new use for the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
- The gastrostomy button: a prospective assessment of safety, success, and spectrum of use.
- The biliogastric shunt: a method for simultaneous internal diversion of bile and enteric feeding in patients with cancer.
- Gastrostomy-biliary drainage in a patient with bile duct cancer: a basis for multimodality treatment.
- Endoscopic placement of biliary stents for treatment of high risk geriatric patients with common duct stones.
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: new management of a difficult problem.
- Cutaneous vascular spiders in cirrhotic patients: correlation with hemorrhage from esophageal varices.
- A critical analysis of the Sacks-Vine gastrostomy tube: a review of 120 consecutive procedures.
- Collagenous sprue as a cause for malabsorption in a patient with myotonic dystrophy: a new association.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Hiatal Hernia
- Acid Reflux
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Diarrhea
- Colon Polyps
- Pain
- Hernia
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