General Surgery

Abdominal Care with Sharper focus

General surgery is a surgical speciality that focuses on abdominal organs. Despite the term ‘general’ in their designation, surgeons practising general surgery are highly skilled in resolving common abdominal issues, including appendicitis, hernias, gallbladder surgeries, and stomach and intestinal abnormalities.

Areas of surgical treatment include the intestines, esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts, and thyroid glands. They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breasts, soft tissue, and hernias.

A general surgeon is able to deal with almost any surgical emergency. Often they are the first port of call when it comes to critically ill or gravely injured patients. They are generally required to perform a variety of procedures to stabilize such patients like intubation, burr hole, cricothyroidotomy, and emergency laparotomy or thoracotomy to stanch bleeding.

Medica has the best general surgeon in Kolkata, All our general surgeons are trained in emergency surgery. Bleeding, infections, bowel obstructions, and organ perforations are the primary problems they deal with. They also have proven expertise in carrying out Cholecystectomy, the surgical removal of the gallbladder. This is most often done electively but the gallbladder can become acutely inflamed and require an emergency operation. Ruptures of the appendix and small bowel obstructions are other common emergencies. Facilities at Medica also include minimally-invasive laparoscopic surgery.