General Surgery

General surgery is a surgical speciality that focuses on abdominal contents including oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland.

They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft tissue, trauma, Peripheral artery disease and hernias and perform endoscopic procedures such as gastroscopy and colonoscopy.

The Department of Surgery at Sacred Heart Hospital is a well-established unit with facilities to carry out full spectrum of surgical procedures, and well equipped to provide critical care to patients of high risk.

Comprehensive specialized surgical care is provided in the following spheres of surgery by surgeons who have undergone training / worked at leading medical institutions in India.

• Diseases of oesophagus, stomach and intestines
• Liver, spleen, pancreatic surgery
• Gall bladder diseases & surgical jaundice
• Colorectal benign and malignant diseases
• Anorectal diseases like piles, fissures & fistula
• Benign and malignant diseases of breast and thyroid
• Surgery for appendix, hernia, hydrocele and testes related problems
• Laparoscopic and minimal access surgery for abdominal problems