General Surgery

General Surgery

General surgery, despite its name, is a surgical specialty that focuses on surgical treatment of abdominal organs, e.g. intestines including esophagus, stomach, colon, liver, gallbladder and bile ducts and the thyroid gland, hernias, breast etc.

Clinical Offerings:

  • Excision of small skin lesions such as lipomas, papillomas, moles, Basal Cell Carcinomas (BCCa).
  • Sebaceous cysts are removed under local anesthetic as outpatient procedures.
  • Larger lesions such as big lipomas, malignant melanomas, skin grafts etc. are removed under general anesthetic as day cases.

BREAST:

  • Breast biopsy, excision of benign lumps, breast abscess.
  • Mastectomy (Total and segmental) for breast cancer.

STOMACH:

  • Gastrectomy for cancer of the stomach.
  • Vagotomy – Pyloroplasty for Duodenal ulcer.
  • Suture of perforated gastric or duodenal ulcer.
  • Hiatus Hernia procedures.

SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL:

  • Small bowel obstruction and release of adhesions.
  • Enterectomy
  • Segmental or total colostomy from malignant or benign diseases with temporary or permanent colostomy.
  • Open and Laparascopic Appendicectomy.

ANAL AND PERIANAL AREA:

  • Hemorrhoids. Surgical and non-surgical treatment.
  • Fissure in ano.
  • Fistula in ano.
  • Anal and Perianal abscess.
  • Pilonital abscess, sinus abscess.

ABDOMINAL WALL:

  • Epigastric hernia.
  • Umbilical hernia.
  • Inquinal hernia.
  • Femoral hernia
  • Incisional scar hernia repair by synthetic mesh.
  • Laparascopic repair for Inquinal hernia.
  • Open no tension repair for Inquinal Hernia.

THYROID GLAND:

  • Subtotal or total thyroidectomy for benign and malignant disease.

LOWER LEGS:

  • Varicose veins, surgical and non-surgical treatment.

LIVER AND GALL BLADDER:

  • Liver biopsy, partial Hepatectomy.
  • Liver abscess.
  • Open and Laparascopic Cholecystectomy.
  • Obstructive jaundice due to stones or other causes.

LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN THE BLUE CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE:

  • Diagnostic Laparoscopy
  • Appendicectomy
  • Inquinal hernia repair
  • Cholecystectomy
  • Release of adhesions
  • Ovarian Cysts
  • Ectopic Pregnancy

PEDIATRIC SURGERY:

  • Inquinal, umbilical, femoral hernia.
  • Circumcision for phimosis.
  • Undissected testicles operation.
  • Hydrocele
  • Varicocele
  • Appendicectomy

Doctor(s)

  • Dr. Antonios Economides MD, F.R.C.S Glasgow
  • Dr. Aristos Georgiou MD
  • Dr. Demetris Polidorou MD