About Gastrointestinal Surgeon
A gastrointestinal surgeon is a doctor specialized in providing medical and surgical care to treat the conditions, diseases and disorders of the digestive system, also known as gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
When should you visit a Gastrointestinal Surgeon?
You should consider visiting a Gastrointestinal Surgeon if you notice any of the below symptoms:
- Abdominal pain and discomfort
- Bleeding in the digestive tract
- Constipation and diarrhea
- Difficulty swallowing
- Gallbladder disease
- Hemorrhoids
- Hiatal hernias
- Inflammation in the digestive tract (e.g. gastritis)
- Liver disease (e.g. hepatitis, jaundice)
- Stomach upset, nausea, vomiting
- Ulcers
- Unexplained weight loss
- Heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Malabsorption disorders (e.g. celiac disease, lactose intolerance)
- Cancer (e.g., colorectal cancer, stomach or gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer)
- Diverticular disease and other diseases of the colon (e.g., polyps, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, Crohn's disease)
What are the conditions/ diseases/ disorders a Gastrointestinal Surgeon treats?
Below are some of the gastrointestinal conditions that may be treated with surgery:
- Appendicitis
- Diverticular disease
- Gallbladder disease
- Hernia
- Gallbladder disease
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Rectal prolapse
- Weight loss
- Barrett's esophagus
- Achalasia
- Appendicitis
- Researchers are not sure why these develop
- Pancreatic diseases such as pseudocyst and pancreatitis
- Colon cancer and other gastrointestinal cancers
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatal hernias
- Bowel (intestine) obstructions and other bowel conditions
- Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis)
- Benign tumors and other conditions affecting the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, and bile ducts
Procedures Performed
- Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
- Laparoscopic Appendectomy
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic Colon Surgery
- Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
- Laparoscopic Pancreatic Surgery
- Laparoscopic Splenectomy
- Abdominal surgery
- Adrenalectomy
- Appendectomy
- Breast biopsy
- Colon resection
- Nissen fundoplication
- Roux en-Y
- Whipple Procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectomy)
- Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
