General Surgery Department

About Department

The current strategy of research is predominantly abdominal gastro-intestinal, hepato-pancreato-biliary, and experimental surgery, which includes:
1. Surgery in portal hypertension patients.
2. Surgery in cirrhotic patients.
3. Surgery in ascitic patients.
4. Anatomical versus non-anatomical resection for HCC with HCV.
5. Biliary reconstruction and drainage procedures for gall stones and obstructive jaundice.
6. Gastrointestinal surgery.
7. Laparoscopic basic, advanced, and GIT surgeries and laparoscopic-assisted surgery.
8. Liver transplantation.
9. Liver ischemia-reperfusion injury

Mission

To implement TBRI’s national goals in combatting liver diseases; providing the standard care of hepato-pancreato biliary disease including liver transplantation and research for patients with general surgical problems.

Vision

To be a center of excellence in the management of surgical patients with liver disease.

Research Fields

The current strategy of research is predominantly abdominal gastro-intestinal, hepato-pancreato-biliary and experimental surgery, which includes:

Surgery in portal hypertension patients.
Surgery in cirrhotic patients.
Surgery in ascitic patients.
Anatomical versus non anatomical resection for HCC with HCV.
Biliary reconstruction and drainage procedures for gall stones and obstructive jaundice.
Gastrointestinal surgery.
Laparoscopic basic, advanced and GIT surgeries and laparoscopic assisted surgery.
Liver transplantation.
Liver ischemia reperfusion injury

Structure

The department lies on the 3rd floor of the hospital building; it is composed of 5 outpatient clinic/week, 40 beds, 3 high dependency unit (HDU) beds and 5 OPC / week. The department has a dedicated 24 hr acute operating theatre and a target waiting time for operations between 2-4 weeks. Day case surgery for some operations is carried out.
The Operating Theatre is equipped to perform major general surgical procedures whether open or laparoscopic such as CUSA, Argon beam coagulation, Intra-operative ultrasound, Harmonic scalpel, BVSD (ligasure), different types of staplers, Choledochoscope, upper endoscopy set, two high definition laparoscopic sets, two Analogue Laparoscopic sets and C-arm x-ray.
The department as well encompasses an experimental surgical unit, which follows the training & research consultation unit at TBRI. The unit provides the following:

Hands-on training courses on Basic and advanced Surgical Skills in general as well as liver surgery.
Research and experimental Programs, which are carried out using small and large animals whether these animals are normal, diseased or infected with schistosomiasis according to the submitted protocols after approval by the IRB, TBRI.

Techniques

General surgery
Laparoscopic surgery
Liver and biliopancreatic surgery
Experimental surgery

Services

Inpatient services:

The surgical department has 40 beds, where pre-operative and post-operative care is performed.

Outpatient services:

5 days /week outpatient clinics.

Training

The department gives training for residents and visiting doctors in the field of general surgery, especially gastrointestinal surgery

Hands-on “one-to-one” training based on standard methodology at the department.
Basic Surgical Training Programs: structured general and laparoscopic surgery with a log book.
Higher Surgical Training Programs mainly in GIT, HBP & Liver surgery using standard and state-of-the-art equipment.
Organizing workshops and live transmission of surgeries from operative theater

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