General Surgery

With our dedicated and skilled surgical staff, combined with a clean, comfortable environment and specialised surgical nursing care, the Department of General Surgery is a top choice since decades for surgical procedures for the population of the Konkan coast and the whole of Karnataka along the Western Ghats and North Karnataka.

In addition to this wealth of experience, we strive to innovate and provide modern cutting-edge technology like laser & RFA surgeries, advanced GI instruments like CUSA, LigaSure & EndoGIA staplers. This  keyhole, organ preserving and laser surgeries for minimal scarring, reduced pain, and faster recovery. These enable us to provide state of the art care at optimum costs with minimal hospital stay.

General Surgeons, true to their tag, are experienced in managing all diseases from head to toe,may it be thyroid to abdominal complaints to diabetic foot. In addition to this, we also run a GI Endoscopy suite and specialized services in breast clinic, varicose veins clinic, advanced hepato-biliary clinic, colorectal diseases clinic, Gastro-oesophageal clinic, and diabetic foot clinic.

At Kasturba Hospital Manipal, the Surgery Department strives to provide the best all-round care experience in Out-patient, Operative, In-Patient & Day Care (no admission needed) services with a never-vanishing smile and an ear for all your surgical problems.

 

Services offered

Advanced Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic surgeries

  • Liver resection
  • Choledochal cyst excision
  • Splenectomy
  • Surgeries for portal hypertension
  • Resection of complex peri ampullary cancer (Whipple’s procedure)
  • Pseudocyst drainage (acute pancreatitis) and surgeries for chronic pancreatitis.
  • Distal pancreatectomy for tumours
  • Complex gall bladder surgeries

Upper GI surgery with specialized clinic

  • Esophagectomy- all types
  • Gastrectomy- for ulcer and cancer
  • Fundoplication for Acid Reflux
  • Gastric pull up surgery

Small intestinal surgeries (with advanced stapler technology)

  • Intestinal Obstruction
  • Intestinal Perforation
  • Peritonitis
  • Intestinal Tumors

Large intestinal surgeries

  • Left, right and total colectomy
  • Surgeries for rectal cancer
  • Surgeries for rectal prolapse
  • Total proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis
  • All types of stoma and specialized stoma care clinic

Ano rectal surgeries

  • Surgeries for fistula (including complex fistulas) – LIFT, Seton
  • Hemorrhoid surgeries by harmonic/stapler/laser
  • Surgeries for anal fissure
  • Perianal abscess drainage & pilonidal sinus excision (with flap surgery)

Gall bladder surgery

  • Gall Bladder Removal for stone / infection
  • Bile duct exploration
  • Drainage procedures
  • Surgeries for gall bladder and bile duct cancers

Dedicated Endoscopy Suite

  • Oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy
  • Proctoscopic piles banding
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • Colonoscopy for constipation and other intestinal issues.
  • Diagnosis of all diseases leading to gastritis or blood in stools.
  • Cancer detection in GI Malignancies

Management of diabetic foot

  • Complex dressings (including Vacuum / Limited Access)
  • Debridements & Fasciotomies
  • Stump care, adjunct physiotherapy, offloading footwear
  • Non-healing ulcer management

Surgeries for varicose veins by laser /radiofrequency/ foam sclerotherapy

Surgeries for gangrene – all types of amputation

Hernia surgeries (Including advanced laparoscopy)

  • TAPP
  • TEP
  • IPOM/IPOM + with composite mesh
  • Component separation for Large Hernias
  • Recurrent and Incisional Hernia Repair

Groin swelling management

  • Hernia surgeries – open/laparoscopic
  • Hydrocoele
  • Varicocele
  • Carcinoma penis
  • Testicular cancer

Laparoscopic surgeries

  • GERD (Acid reflux)
  • GI cancer
  • Cholecystectomy (Gall Bladder)
  • Splenectomy
  • Appendectomy
  • Rectal prolapse
  • Hernia – ventral/incisional/complex

Trauma care

– intensive care for chest and abdomen trauma

– surgeries for abdominal bleeding and traumatic injuries to abdominal organs

Endocrine & Neck surgery

  • All types of thyroid surgeries
  • Lymph node dissection for cancer
  • Benign cyst excision
  • Diagnostic lymph node biopsy
  • Laparoscopic adrenalectomy

Oral cancer surgery and reconstruction

Salivary gland surgery

  • Removal of sub lingual , sub mandibular and parotid salivary glands

Large soft tissue tumor removal including retroperitoneal masses.

Routine day care procedures (NO NEED FOR ADMISSION)

  • Nail excision
  • Abscess drainage
  • Sebaceous cyst excision
  • Lipoma excision
  • Foot callous care

Infrastructure

  • 4K Video laparoscopy with Indo-Cyanine Green Guidance
  • On-table endoscopy for GI surgery
  • Skill lab for hands on training for minimal access surgeries
  • Advanced Thompson’s retractor for GI Surgeries
  • Cutting edge CUSA Excel+ for complex hepato—pancreato-biliary resections
  • COVIDEN CLOSURE FAST Radiofrequency ablation system for varicose veins
  • Laser for Varicose Veins and Anal canal diseases
  • Harmonic 110 sheers for ultrasonic ablation
  • EEA Stapler for rectal prolapse and hemorrhoids
  • Intra-operative Gamma Probe for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer

Specialty Clinics

Hepato-biliary & Pancreatic Clinic

Breast Clinic

Colo-rectal with Stoma Care Clinic

Upper GI Clinic

Diabetic Foot Care Clinic

Vein Clinic

Doctors

Dr. S S Prasad

Professor & HOD

Dr. K. Rajgopal Shenoy

Professor & Unit Head

Dr. Sunil Krishna M

Professor & Unit Head

Dr. Stanley Mathew

Professor & Unit Head

Dr. Badareesh L

Professor & Unit Head

Dr. Annappa Kudva

Professor & Non OPD Consultant

Dr. Bharat S V

Professor

Dr. Vijayendra Kedage

Professor

Dr. Kshama S Hegde

Assistant Professor

Dr. Pavan Madhukar Bhat

Assistant Professor

Dr. Jithin Abraham

Assistant Professor

Dr. Manasa U

Assistant Professor

Dr. Steffi Jennifer Dcruz

Assistant Professor

Dr. Vivek Ramesh Udupi

Assistant Professor

Dr. Sanketh Bhat

Assistant Professor

Dr. Roshen M Samuel

Assistant Professor

Dr. Ajay Raveendranadh

Assistant Professor