General surgeons play a key role in A&E departments where trauma surgery is needed. In rural regions, general surgeons are in great demand for their extensive array of skills. Their vital responsibilities include examine patients, diagnose to ascertain the requirement for surgery, review the patient medical record and schedule the best process for treatment, surgery risk evaluation and advice provided to the patients, prescribe preoperative and postoperative treatment and measures, plan and implement disease/illness prevention and health promotion programs etc.
Dr. Raghunath K J is a renowned general surgeon with more than 27 years of experience, practicing in Apollo Hospital, Chennai. He has done MBBS, MS from Madras University, Chennai and fellowship from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. He is a respected member of the General Medicine Council and Tamil Nadu Medical Council. He has specialization in Laparoscopic Sleeve Resection, Endoscopic Surgery, Gall Bladder (Biliary) Stone Treatment and many more.
A wide range of treatments are provided by Dr. Raghunath some of them are listed as follows: Inguinal Hernia Repair Surgery, Abdominoperineal Resection, Abscess - Intra Abdominal Treatment, Abscess Pelvic Treatment, Amputation - Above Knee, Amputation - Below Knee, Amputation – Toe, Breast - Wide Excision and Axillary Sample, Mastectomy, Mastectomy - Male Subcutaneous, Cholecystectomy - Gall Bladder Removal, Epididymal Cyst Removal, Hernia Repair – Epigastric, Hernia Repair – Femoral, Hydrocele Operation – Adult, Pilonidal Sinus, Spleen Removal – Splenectomy, Aortic Aneurysm.
Importance of General Surgeons in India
Regardless of the term "general", surgeons that carry out general surgery are highly competent and skilled surgeons that usually operate on common abdominal complaints involving appendicitis colonoscopies, hernias, gallbladder surgeries, stomach, and intestinal issues. This emphasis on the abdomen is not definite for a surgeon, as general surgeons are specialized in surgeries such as treating cancer or burns, which necessitates that the surgeon must be efficient to perform measures on multiple areas of the body. From treating Cancer to Hernia general surgeons are capable of all such tedious tasks.
In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), about 60 percent of the surgical operations done under emergency situations. Perverse to prevalent belief, it has been revealed that the provision of treatment, which is often lifesaving for these patients, can be economical. The staff and equipment needed at first-level facilities for all categories of surgical emergency, comprising of trauma and obstetrics, are essentially the same.
Types of General Surgeries
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
If you are overweight, obesity surgery may be an option for you. Obesity surgery is also known as bariatric surgery. Your health care counselor may propose it if you have a body mass index (BMI) higher than 40. A BMI of more than 40 indicates that you are about 100 pounds obese. One of the newer choices for bariatric surgery is called laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). It is a 2-hour surgery. In which surgeon brings out the component of your stomach that curves outward, termed as the fundus. After the fundus is taken out, the surgeon will close the rest of your stomach into a tube shape that seems like a banana or the sleeve of your shirt, therefore it named "sleeve gastrectomy." As you will have a much tinier stomach, you will fill up instantly at mealtimes and eat less.
Endoscopic Surgery
It is completed using a scope, a flexible tube with a camera with light at the tip point. This permits surgeons to examine and see the internal part of colon and operate procedures without creating major incisions, permitting for fast recovery and less pain and distress. Endoscopic procedures are most often used for diagnosis which is crucial critical cases. This is modern technology and greatly beneficial for critical cases.
Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery for Gallstones
Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery (cholecystectomy) is done to remove the gallbladder and gallstones through incisions in the abdomen. The surgeon expands your abdomen with air or carbon dioxide for better visibility. The surgery is done using a laparoscope which is inserted into one incision near the belly button. The surgeon later operates a video monitor as a guide while introducing surgical instruments into the other incisions to amputate the gallbladder. Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery is the finest approach of curing gallstones that cause symptoms unless there is a reason that the surgery should not be achieved. Laparoscopic surgery is employed most when no considerations are present that may obscure the surgery. Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery is safe and effective.
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