Faster recovery. Lesser pain.

Contrary to popular belief, you can now walk out of the hospital without scars after your surgery. Advances in the field of medicine have led to new, less painful ways of conducting surgeries and at SHRC, we offer you these cutting-edge services.

Minimal Access Surgery (MAS) or keyhole surgery is a surgical procedure that involves minimal incision (cutting open) of the body. In MAS, small openings / cuts are made on the skin or natural openings are used to gain access to the body part. Miniature video cameras, fiber-optic light sources and specially designed instruments are inserted through these holes to perform the procedure.

MAS procedures performed at SHRC:

• Removal of gall bladder - Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
• Removal of appendix - Laparoscopic Appendectomy
• Repair of protrusion of tissue through weakened abdominal wall - Laparoscopic Hernia repair
• Creation of artificial opening into the small intestine for tube feeding - Laparoscopic jejunostomy
• Wrapping of the upper part of the stomach around the lower end of the esophagus for treatment of reflux disease or hiatus hernia - Laparoscopic fundoplication
• Removal of some part of the large intestine - Laparoscopic colectomy
• Correction of rectal wall protruding through the anal opening - Laparoscopic repair of rectal prolapse

General surgical procedures performed at SHRC:

• Treatment of cysts
• Surgery for gastrointestinal cancers
• Removal of nonthreatening (benign) masses such as lipoma
• Comprehensive endoscopy investigations and procedures from upper GI to biospy
• Surgery for piles - Hemorrhoidectomy
• Surgical treatment of disorders of Thyroid and Parathyroid - Thyroidectomy & Parathyroidectomy
• Removal of cyst that develops along the tailbone - Pilonidal sinus / cyst excision
• Surgical treatment of muscles that control bowel movement (sphincters), anal fissures or abnormal growths (Fistula) - Sphincterotomy / Fissurectomy / Fistulectomy