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 Yashfeen Group of Hospitals offers tertiary care facilities i.e. conventional as well as laparoscopic surgical procedures from very simple small swellings to most complicated trauma & major surgeries.

General surgeons perform consultation and surgery on medical conditions involving the breast, endocrine system, gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas and spleen.

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 GI, Laparoscopic and Bariatric 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 third floor and includes 10 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 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, goitre

Parathyroid: parathyroidectomy (standard and minimally invasive)

Adrenal

Cushing syndrome

Pheochromocytoma (open and minimally invasive)

Adenoma (open and minimally invasive)

Aldosteronoma (open and minimally invasive)

 

BREAST

Cysts, lumps, cancer, nipple discharge

Breast-conservation 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 hydatid cysts

Surgical shunts for portal hypertension

BILIARY TREE

Gall stones – laparoscopic cholecystectomy
CBD stones- ERCP and laparoscopic CBD exploration

Benign biliary strictures

Cancer of the gallbladder

Extrahepatic bile duct cancer

PANCREAS

Pancreatic and periampullary cancer-Whipple operation

Islet cell tumors

Cystic tumors of the pancreas

SPLEEN

Open and minimally invasive splenectomy

INTESTINE

Malignant tumors of the small and large intestine

Diverticula

Obstruction and fistulae

Pile, Fissure & Fistula -in -Ano Surgeries

Colon cancer
Rectal cancers

Disease of the appendix- Open & Laparoscopic Appendectomy