General & Laparoscopic Surgery

General surgery is a surgical speciality that focuses on abdominal contents including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland . They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft tissue, trauma, peripheral vascular surgery and hernias.

Infrastructure

• The General Surgery department at SL Minda Hospital offers tertiary care facilities i.e. conventional as well as laparoscopic surgical procedures from very simple small swelling to most complicated trauma & other surgeries.
• General surgeons perform consultation and surgery on medical conditions involving the breast, endocrine system, gastrointestinal tract, colon, liver, pancreas and rectum.
• The general surgeons work closely with other specialists involved in each patient’s care to diagnose and provide timely surgical intervention for complex conditions.
• General Surgery department is supported by very well trained Laparoscopic surgeon, Qualified Anesthetist & Paramedical staff who is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergency cases.
• The O.T complex is located on the fourth floor and includes 11 fully equipped operating rooms equipped with the latest and high end instruments for both conventional and advanced laparoscopic surgeries
• A minor procedure room for day-care surgeries
• Adjacent preoperative & postoperative suite.

Services Offered

Various types of Surgeries performed at SL Minda Hospital are as following:

General

• Hydrocele & Varicocele
• Varicose Vein Surgeries
• Ulcer, Wound & Abscess surgeries
• Excision of Swelling & Lumps
• Lymph node biopsies
• Circumcision

Diabetic Foot & Vascular Diseases Management:

Abdomen

• Retroperitoneal tumors
• Ventral hernia (open and laparoscopic)
• Incisional hernia (open and laparoscopic)
• Inguinal hernia (open and laparoscopic)
• Femoral hernia

Trauma & Amputation Surgeries:

Endocrine

• Thyroid: nodules, cysts, cancer, hyperthyroidism
• Parathyroid: parathyroidectomy (standard and minimally invasive)
• Adrenal
• Cushing syndrome
• Pheochromocytoma (open and minimally invasive)
• Adenoma (open and minimally invasive)
• Aldosteronoma (open and minimally invasive)
• Cancer

Breast

• Cysts, lumps, cancer, nipple discharge
• Breast-conserving surgery
• Mastectomy
• Sentinel lymph node biopsy
• Axillary dissection

Stomach

• Cancer &GI stromal tumors, Lymphoma
• Peptic ulcer, Gastroparesis and postgastrectomy syndromes

Liver

• Primary and metastatic liver tumors
• Intrahepatic and hilar cholangiocarcinoma
• Benign tumors and cysts
• Surgical shunts for portal hypertension

Biliary Tree

• Gallstones – laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• Benign biliary strictures
• Cancer of the gallbladder
• Extrahepatic bile duct cancer

Pancreas

• Pancreatic and periampullary cancer
• Islet cell tumors
• Cystic tumors of the pancreas

Spleen

• Open and minimally invasive splenectomy

Intestine

• Malignant tumors of the small intestine
• Diverticula
• Obstruction and fistulae
• Pile, Fissure & Fistula -in -Ano Surgeries
• Colon cancer
• Disease of the appendix- Open & Laparoscopic Appendectomy