Month: June 2019

GI surgery is a well-established super specialty in India. Surgical Gastroenterology deals with clinical problems of the digestive tract that need surgical intervention. GI surgeons in Delhi, India are highly skilled surgeons, who have specialized in the most modern surgical techniques and clinical practices to deliver best results to the patients. The GI surgeons in India, possess extremely competent skills across all forms of surgical treatments with conventional and advanced laparoscopy methods for patients who require surgery.

Commonly performed GI surgeries include Peptic ulcer disease, Hiatal hernia, Reflux esophagitis (or GERD) and its complications, Barrett’s oesophagus, Primary cancers of the stomach, small bowel, colon and rectum, Inflammatory bowel disease and continent reconstruction, Gastrointestinal tumours, Primary and metastatic liver tumours, Benign and malignant diseases of the biliary tract and pancreas.

GI surgeons in Delhi prefer to perform minimally invasive surgery, or laparoscopic surgery, this allows them to operate with smaller incisions with the help of tiny video cameras during surgery, which projects the inside view of patient’s body to a high-resolution monitor in the operating room.

With minimally invasive surgery, patients experience less pain, minimal blood loss and smaller scars after the surgery. It also helps to lower the risk of infection. Patients recovers quicker as compared to open procedures and can leave the hospital sooner as compared to open procedures where all the muscles are cut to gain the access leaving a single large long scar. Although there are many benefits, it is not an option for all patients.

The outcome of patients who underwent gastrointestinal surgery is influenced by various factors, including the age and comorbidities of the patient, the complexity of the surgical procedure and the management of postoperative recovery. Dr Atul Peters recommends smoking cessation several weeks prior to the surgery If the patient is an active smoker. He also mentions that obesity increases the rate of complications during the surgical procedure. Patients with a history of deep-vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolus, obstructive sleep apnoea and impaired functional status represents independent risk factors for perioperative complications.

DR. Atul Peters suggests that after laparoscopic GI surgeries the patients can go back home the same day or next day, except in cases of more advanced procedures that may require three or four days of hospital stay. patients can get back to routine activities in 3 days and to work in 5 days.

To know more about treatment options and surgeries done by Dr. Atul Peters and team, please call  on 18001207055 or REQUEST A CALL BACK

The Appendix is a thin tube which originates from the beginning of the large intestine (ceacum), it is located in the lower abdomen on the right side. Normally it has no significant role in digestion, but it can become infected, or can get blocked, resulting in the most common surgical emergency known as Acute Appendicitis. The common symptoms are sudden pain in lower abdomen around the belly button that shifts to right side in a few hours,  Vomiting, nausea and fever are other symptoms that may accompany pain. The diagnosis of Appendicitis is usually straightforward clinical, but can be really difficult and taxing especially in women and often requires blood tests, Ultrasound and CT scan.

The Appendix once infected is vulnerable to burst and in many instances the pus spreads in the abdomen and can threaten life. This complication is known as peritonitis. In neglected cases the pus may finally get contained locally; this Appendicular abscess results in prolonged hospital stay and repeated surgeries.

 Timely Surgery is the best way to treat Appendicitis; it entails removal of the diseased organ. Earlier it involved cutting open the abdomen with all the attendant problems and risks associated with a big incision. Now a days the standard treatment is to do this operation through key hole surgery. Laparoscopic Appendectomy surgery is performed under general anaesthesia through a video system attached to pencil like telescope, and other instruments. Through a tiny 5mm incision the Telescope is placed inside the abdomen. The surgeons can then inspect the whole of the abdominal cavity and locate Appendix precisely and can visualize other organs simultaneously. Laparoscopy enables the surgeon to clean the pus better, than in open surgery.  The smaller incisions help in a quicker recovery, better scar, less infection and other wound related complications such as hernia. Laparoscopic Appendectomy is a more precise and less invasive treatment for this common surgical emergency.