General and Minimal Access Surgery
Department of General and Minimal Access Surgery is one of the leading areas in the entire North East. Each one of the Surgeons has vast clinical experience which makes the department a complete team in the field of surgery. The team conducted more than 19000 key-hole surgeries and still counting. It is the first department in the state accredited by the National Board of Examinations for running DNB course. The department provides modern and state of the art surgical treatment options.
Facilities offered
Both open & key hole surgery facilities available for:
- Gall bladder & appendix removal
- Ovary, uterus
- Acute pain in abdomen, liver, intestine, spleen, pancreas & stomach
- Hernia & adhesiolysis
- Rectopexy (excessive protrusion per rectum)
Open surgery facilities available for:
- Thyroid
- Breast
- Piles, Fistula in ano, Fissure in ano
- Swellings anywhere in the body
- Boils, abscess and infection
Milestones of the department:
- First in Manipur to install complete set of laparoscopic surgery and start Key-Hole Surgery on 10-05-1996.
- 1st in Asia to install Harmonic Scalpel (USA) for bloodless Minimal Access Surgery.
- 1st in Eastern India to perform puppetry Key-Hole surgery for gall bladder with just two tiny holes.
- 1st in Eastern India to perform highly selective vagotomy and rectopexy.
- 1st in Manipur to start SILS (Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery).
- First hospital in the state to be accredited for 3 years post graduate DNB course in General Surgery.
- Surgeries performed in collaboration with National AMASI (Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India) Faculties.
Shija Hospitals in treatment of piles
Introduced the following facilities for the first time in Eastern India:
- Cryosurgery
- Stappling Surgery
- IRC (Infrared Coagulation, USA)
- DGHAL (Doppler Guided Haemorrhoidal Artery Ligation, Germany)