Minimally Invasive Surgery

All of the surgeons at Truesdale Surgical Associates are fully trained and experienced in the most advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques available. Most operations today can be performed using minimally invasive surgery. This type of surgery, also known as laparoscopic surgery, conveys many positive benefits to you, the patient. Minimally invasive surgery dramatically reduces the trauma of an operation by utilizing smaller incisions, smaller instruments, high definition optics and state of the art techniques. As a patient undergoing a minimally invasive operation you will experience reduced postoperative pain and a much faster recovery in and out of the hospital. Today, the surgeons at Truesdale Surgical Associates are ready to treat diseases of the esophagus, stomach, gallbladder, colon and rectum, hernia, thyroid, parathyroid gland and breast using state of the art techniques.
To learn more details about the above surgical procedures. Please speak to your surgeon.

Plastic Surgery - A Risky Business

Choosing to have plastic surgery on any area of your body is likely to be one of the biggest decisions you will ever make, and should not be undertaken lightly. Like any other kind of medical procedure, there are risks involved, and these must be carefully weighed before surgery. When it boils down to basics, anyone considering plastic surgery must decide whether the possibility of what they might gain is more powerful than the risk of losing what they already have, however unattractive that might seem.Medical science is, it seems, improving almost every day, and so plastic surgery does not now involve the risks it once did. We all, however, have heard horror stories about people who have been permanently scarred by surgery that has gone wrong, and have even lost their lives. While we might all in theory say that we would give anything for a butt like J-Lo, we have to ask ourselves before surgery how realistic a statement this really is.

Surgery Specialty Profile

Surgery is a branch of medicine in which diseases are treated with operative procedures. The ever growing complexity of medical practice has led to increasing doctor specialization and this is particularly evident for surgeons. There are currently nine officially recognized surgical specialties and a myriad of subspecialties. Surgery is very ‘hands on’ and surgeons feel the technical challenge to be one of the more rewarding aspects of their career.
Many surgical procedures have immediate and dramatic impacts on patient’s health and quality of life. Removing a grumbling appendix or meningioma successfully will save a patient’s life and the results are more immediately apparent than administering a vaccine which may just as essential. Those considering a surgical career need to be dedicated and driven given life as a surgeon, particularly during surgical training, can exert both a physical and mental strain. High workloads and increasing concerns over medical litigation may be stressful for surgeons and their families. Nonetheless, the clear majority of surgeons are happy with their career choice and would choose it again.

surgical, pediatric

Our students are getting clinical experience in our own well equipped K.V.G Medical College Hospital, which is fully occupied with competent doctors, teachers & para medical staffs. Hospital is also equipped with most modern equipments of latest technology in all specialties. Our student nurses avail all the opportunities provided at the hospital. The Medical College is also helping the student nurses in keeping them abreast with current knowledge and professional trends for a successful career ahead. The Hospital comprises of 500 beds, which includes medical, surgical, pediatric, maternity and specialties like eye, ear, nose, orthopedic, skin ,TB/chest & psychiatry as per the specification of MCI.

NHS will operate on brain tumours while patients are awake in fast-track surgery

Patients with brain tumours are to be offered fast-track day surgery for the first time.
The operation lasts just a few hours and they are allowed home the same day.
Instead of using a general anaesthetic, doctors inject
Fast track: now brain tumour operations could take only a few hours
It used to take up to a week in hospital to recuperate after brain surgery, but the use of local anaesthetic allows patients to rally far quicker. The technique has been pioneered by Britain's youngest female brain surgeon with a team based at University College Hospital, London.
Dr Gelareh Zadeh, 35, is a specialist in malignant tumours and one of the few female brain surgeons in the world.
She said: "The fact the patient can be awake makes them feel a lot better after surgery and it makes it a lot easier for doctors to operate.
"It is also good for cancer patients who cannot tolerate a general anaesthetic.
"Before, people would have to stay in for at least two days and sometimes up to a week."
The results of her work with the Brain Metastatic Clinic have been so impressive that the technique is to be adopted by the NHS.
Her first patient, Deborah Calder, 52, was so relaxed by the experience that she chatted all through the operation.
She said: "It was a bit strange at first when they started putting pins into my head, but I knew that if anything went wrong, then they would give me a general anaesthetic.
"By the evening I was at home with my family. There is no doubt this saved my life. It has given me a whole lease of life

Surgeon's left hand

Close-up of key-hole surgery. Surgeon's left hand holds the power driven 'shaver', which in knees is the equivalent of the dentist's drill. Arthroscopic camera is held in the surgeon's right hand.

General Surgery Residency

Providence Hospital Graduate Medical Education General Surgery Residency Program offers:
Large volume and variety of operating experience, including minimal invasive procedures, for residents at all levels of training
Well-staffed and well-equipped facilities; a superbly organized, strong academic-clinical education program with university affiliation
Stimulating environment for medical education, variety of other residency programs, four fellowship programs - and 144 house staff