Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery in Chennai and Coimbatore – GEM Hospital

The esophagus, stomach, and duodenum make up the upper gastrointestinal tract, which is the entrance to your whole digestive system. When these organs need surgery because of cancer, a long-term swallowing problem, or reflux disease that won't go away, the surgeon needs to be very skilled and have a lot of knowledge about complicated anatomy. GEM Hospital offers specialized upper GI surgery in Coimbatore and Chennai. The hospital's surgical staff can trace their roots back to Dr. C. Palanivelu, the Indian surgeon who is widely credited with bringing advanced laparoscopic surgery to South Asia. Because of this history and the fact that both centers do a lot of surgeries each year, GEM Hospital patients have access to expertise that very few surgical teams in India can match.

Information about upper gastrointestinal surgery

Upper GI surgery includes all surgeries on the duodenum, stomach, and esophagus. Minimally invasive surgery has changed the field. Laparoscopic and robotic methods now produce cancer outcomes that are the same as or better than those of open surgery, but with much less trauma.

The upper GI team at GEM Hospital can surgically treat conditions like GERD (chronic acid reflux), hiatal hernia, achalasia, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, gastric outlet obstruction, and Barrett's esophagus with high-grade dysplasia. Different types of surgery are needed for each condition, and GEM Hospital has a lot of experience with all types of upper GI surgery, so patients get the best care possible.

Conditions and procedures

• GERD: Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication permanent surgery to stop reflux with a success rate of more than 90% in the long term.

• Hiatal Hernia: Fundoplication with laparoscopic crural repair.

• Achalasia: Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy or POEM (Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy)

GEM Hospital is one of the few places in Tamil Nadu that does POEM - Oesophageal Cancer:

Minimally Invasive Oesophagectomy (MIE) is a combination of laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery with gastric conduit reconstruction.

• Gastric Cancer: Laparoscopic or Robotic Gastrectomy with D2 Lymphadenectomy - Barrett's.

• Oesophagus: Endoscopic RFA (Radiofrequency Ablation) or EMR (Endoscopic Mucosal Resection) for lesions that are not normal.

• Oesophageal Stricture: Endoscopic dilation and stenting - Complications of Peptic Ulcers: Emergency laparoscopic repair for perforation

surgery of the upper gi in chennai and coimbatore

GEM Hospital does upper GI surgery in Coimbatore, which is where the Group started and where Dr. C. Palanivelu first did laparoscopic surgery in India. People from western Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka come to the Coimbatore upper GI team for surgery on GERD, hiatal hernia, achalasia, and gastric cancer.

The upper GI department at GEM Hospital Aminjikarai in Chennai does a full range of procedures, such as minimally invasive oesophagectomy for esophageal cancer and robotic gastrectomy. These procedures attract patients from all over South India. Patients with complicated esophageal and gastric problems that need the best surgical care can get it at GEM Hospital's upper GI surgery program in Chennai.