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Specialities
Department of General Surgery
The VHS Medical Centre
has 6 fully equipped operation theatres with a central sterilization
unit and ethylene sterilizers and sophisticated operating equipment.
 The department of
General Surgery regularly carries out routine surgical procedures
like operations for hydrocele, hernia and piles as well as
appendicectomies and thyroidectomies. It also performs diagnostic
gastro-intestinal endoscopy, colonoscopy, etc. Procedures like
endoscopic prostatectomy, ureteroscopy, stone
extraction, and other
urological processes are undertaken. Plastic surgery is also
offered. Surgical interventions for benign and cancerous tumours of
the breast, prostate, kidney, and other organs are standard
activities.
In collaboration with
VHS’s Diabetes department, the management of diabetic foot
complications is a major strength of this department.
The department is
recognised for post-graduate training by the National Board of
Examinations.
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