GI HPB ONCOSURGERY
GI HPB Oncosurgery
The unit performs the entire gamut of operations for cancer of the GI tract and HPB organs: oesophagectomy, gastrectomy, pancreaticoduodenectomy, hepatectomy, radical cholecystectomy, colectomies and rectal resections.
- Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery.
- Hernia Surgery & Repair.
- Esophagus and Foregut (Upper GI) Surgery.
- Gallbladder Surgery.
- Liver and Bile Duct Surgery.
- Pancreas Surgery.
Gastro-intestinal Oncosurgery is a subspecialty, which deals with the management of cancer of esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, rectum, anal canal, gall bladder & biliary tract, pancreas and liver.
Our team at RGCI & RC is the first GI Oncosurgery program in India in which specialized gastrointestinal surgeon with special interest in GI cancers are involved in the management of these cancers. Other than GI surgeon, medical oncologist, radiation oncologist, intervention radiologist, gastroenterologist, hepatologist, nuclear medicine expert, GI pathologist and stoma therapist forms the multi – disciplinary team involved in the management of GI cancer. GI tumor board meets on every Saturday to discuss the cases, so as to offer best as well as evidence based treatment to the patient.
On every Saturday 12.00 – 3.00 PM, there is a Liver clinic for the patients of liver tumors such as hepatocellular carcinoma, metastatic tumors, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas and neuroendocrine tumors.
Our department is the first center in India to have facility ofICG test – a quantitative liver function test, which helps in selecting patients of liver tumors for surgery. We also have the facility for radiofrequency ablation, intra – operative ultrasound, TACE (Trans arterial chemoembolization), portal vein embolization, intra-operative cholangiogram and SBRT for liver tumors. We are also the first in India to have microwave ablation for liver tumors. We have the latest Covidien Microwave ablation machine for ablation of liver tumors – both primary and secondary tumors.