My Surgical Interests

Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery:

• Laparoscopic surgery for gallstone disease and its complications
• Laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery (laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication)
• Laparoscopic (TEP) repair of groin hernias; the majority as ‘day-case’ surgery
• Laparoscopic palliative gastro-enterostomy and cholecystojejunostomy for malignant obstructive jaundice
• Thoracoscopic splanchnotomy for palliation of intractable abdominal pain associated with advanced malignancy or chronic pancreatitis
• Laparoscopic appendicectomy
• Laparoscopic splenectomy for haematologic disorders
• Laparoscopic division of adhesions and insertion of adhesion barrier

• Laparoscopic adrenalectomy

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Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Surgery:

• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; 50% of patients may be suitable for ‘day-case’ surgery
• Laparoscopic bile duct exploration for choledocholithiasis
• Laparoscopic management of cysts of the liver, pancreas and spleen
• Liver resection (unilobar and bilobar) for tumours (commonly for metastases from colorectal cancers)
• Laparoscopic liver resection in selected patients
• Radical resection with D2 regional lymphadenectomy for pancreatic cancer, bile duct cancer, and duodenal and ampullary cancer
• Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy
• Laparoscopic hand-assisted Whipple's procedure

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Upper Gastrointestinal & Obesity Surgery:

• Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (OGD)
• Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP)
• Laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery
• Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity; including the Lap-Band procedure, and the laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
• Laparoscopic Heller’s cardiomyotomy for achalasia
• Radical resection with D2 regional lymphadenectomy for gastric cancer
• Laparoscopic gastric resection and bypass for benign disease and for palliation of advanced gastric cancer

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