General Surgery

Overview

General Surgery in India

Details of Services

The Department of General Surgery covers a wide range of specialty and subspecialty surgery including : -

• Management of gallstone disease



• Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery for obesity



• Management of gastroesophageal reflux disease requiring fundoplication, paraoesophageal hernias, achalasia, gastric tumours, groin hernias, hyperhidrosis, enlarged spleen where minimal access surgery may be useful



• Diagnostic and staging laparoscopy for evaluation of tumours

• Comprehensive management of oesophagus, stomach and other upper GI cancers



• Management of obesity



• Management of upper GI motility disorders



• Fiberoptic endoscopic service provides screening, diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal tract disease (peptic ulcer disease, gastric and oesophageal cancer, etc)



• Therapeutic endoscopy in the treatment of bile duct stones, achalasia, stricture, advanced gastrointestinal cancers and intragastric balloon for obesity.

• Management of problems of stones disease of the gallbladder and biliary tree (including recurrent pyogenic cholangitis)



• Management of benign conditions of the liver (including benign tumours, abscesses, cysts)



• Management of benign conditions of the bile duct (including benign tumours, choledochal cysts, injuries, stricutre)



• Management of benign conditions of the pancreas (including stones, pancreatitis)



• Management of malignant tumours of the liver (including HCC, cholangiocarcinoma and liver metastases), gallbladder and bile duct cancers, and pancreatic tumours (including adenocarcinoma and cystic tumours)



• Functional evaluation of liver reserve

• Breast screening programme and mammogram localisation service



• Breast Counseling and Support Service for breast cancer and post-surgical patients



• Multi-disciplinary approach to breast cancer management including assessment of breast lesions seen on mammogram/ultrasound, diagnosis using minimally invasive techniques and surgery for the breast and axilla



• Ultrasound - guided mammotome biopsy



• Mammographic - guided mammotome biopsy



• Assessment, diagnosis, surgery and sentinel lymph node biopsy for malignant melanoma



• Trauma Service
1. Integrating multi-disciplinary care of the multiply injured patient
2. Trauma Registry
3. Quality Assurance activities
4. Educational lectures for doctors and nurses

• Head and Neck Oncology, eg. cancers of the oral cavity, hypopharynx, cervical, oesophagus etc



• Thyroid nodule evaluation and treatment of thyroid malignancies and associated disease



• Salivary gland disease especially malignancies



• Multi-disciplinary participation from Oral Surgery, Neurosurgery, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Radiotherapy

• Chronic leg ischemia-claudication, rest pain, gangrene and ulcers
• Acute leg ishcemia-sudden pain, coldness, numbness
• Vascular shunts for renal dialysis
• Periotoneal dialysis procedures
• Vericose veins, venous ulcers, spider veins
• Swollen legs
• Abdominal and peripheral aneurysm
• Visceral ischemia - pain on eating
• Ischemic hands - cold, blue, painful, numb hands
• Vascular trauma
• Renal artery disease - hypertension, renal salvage
• Carotid artery disease - transient ischemic attacks
• Endovascular procedures - aneurysm stents
• Vascular malformations - hemangiomas
• Vascular ultrasound/Duplex
1. Carotid/Vertebral artery assessment
2. Abdominal aorta (Endograft)/Renal artery/Mesenteric artery assessment
3. Arterial system of the upper and lower limbs
4. Vascular graft surveillance/AV Fistulae
5. Venous scan to assess venous thrombosis and venous insufficiency
6. Ultrasound guide compression maneurver as an alternative treatment for pseudoaneurysm
• Non-invasive vascular assessment
1. ABPI/Toe (Finger) pressure/Walk Test
2. Laser doppler flowmetry

• Dedicated Surgeons, Physicians, Nursing Officers, Dieticians and Pharmacists provide multi-disciplinary Nutritional Support Service for patients requiring enteral or parenteral nutritional support

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