Surgery

The Department of Surgery at Shalamar Teaching Hospital was set up in 1982. It has two surgical units' that has provision following surgical procedures General Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Cancer Surgery and vascular Surgery. The department has two full time Consultants, two visiting Consultants, 02 Senior Registrars and 06 Medical Officers. The department offers a fellowship programme in surgery accredited by College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan. The teaching module includes Lectures, Ward Rounds, Clinico Pathological Conference, Journal Club, Short Case Presentation, Lectures by Guest Speakers and OPD Teaching. Three departments that work in collaboration with the department of Surgery are Plastic Surgery, Neuro surgery and Paeds Surgery. The Medical Officers of all these faculties together with Department of Surgery provide proper 24 hours coverage to trauma cases in the Department of Accident and Emergency. Besides performing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies, Laparoscopic Appendicectomies, Laparoscopic Hernia repair, diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopies, all diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopies are carried out. The hospital theatres are fully equipped and all kinds of major surgical procedure which are done in tertiary referral centres in Europe and America are being successfully undertaken at the Shalamar Hospital such as Parotidectomies, Thyroidectomies, Gastrooesophageal surgery, whipples procedure for pancreatic cancer, Hepaticojejunostomies, Liver surgery, low anterior resection and abdominoperineal excision for colorectal cancer. The Department of surgery at Shalamar Hospital has the honour of performing the world's first ever removal of biggest vascular tumour from the face of a fourteen year old boy successfully. This surgery was performed with the help of a visiting plastic surgeon. The extension of the department includes building up of more Operation Theatres to perform more Laparoscopic Surgery for Inguinal Hernia and Lapcholecystectomy. This would improve clinical services for the patients.